Kentucky Wesleyan College in Owensboro has appointed its 34th president.
The school announced Thursday Barton D. Darrell will be officially introduced as its next leader at a news conference on Tuesday.
Darrell has been a vice-president at the school for 11 months. He has extensive ties to the Bowling Green area, serving as a partner with the law firm of Bell, Orr, Ayers, and Moore beginning in 1991. Darrel served as general counsel for the Warren County Public School system, and is a former president of the Bowling Green-Warren County Bar Association.
His father, Bob Darrell, is a professor emeritus of English at Kentucky Wesleyan College.
The news conference to introduce Barton Darrell as the school’s new president is Sept. 9, at noon in Rogers Hall at the Winchester Center. The public is invited to attend.
