Appointment as a university distinguished professor is the highest honor Northeastern can bestow upon a faculty member. Daniel McCarthy is an eminent scholar in international business and management, a discipline that’s central to the D’Amore-McKim School’s strategic plan. He has made lasting contributions to all aspects of the mission for more than 40 years. With an international reputation for seminal contributions to the strategy, entrepreneurship, innovation and leadership disciplines within international business, he has been consistently ranked among the most productive and influential scholars in his field. Professor McCarthy is an innovative academic program creator and leader, serving for many years as the codirector of the high-tech M.B.A. program. His work has helped attract scores of faculty members. Director of Athletics and Recreation Harry Sheehy announced James Holder to be the new head coach of the Dartmouth men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams. A 2000 graduate of Princeton, Holder just completed his sixth season at the helm of the Georgetown men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams. Blaire Bachman was hired as an assistant swim coach in June 2015. Bachman comes to Hanover from Gainesville, Georgia, where she was at the helm of the Brenau University women’s swimming team for five years. Sheehy also announced that David McLaughlin has been hired as the 28th head coach of the Big Green men’s basketball program. McLaughlin comes to Dartmouth after serving three years as the associate head coach and recruiting coordinator at Northeastern University, during which time the Huskies posted a combined record of 52-48.

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