Dannel P. Malloy

A former prosecutor, lawyer, mayor, and two-term governor of Connecticut, Chancellor Dannel P. Malloy brings 22 years of public service leadership to the University of Maine System.

Malloy is leading the University of Maine System’s effort to unify Maine’s public universities in collaborative service to the students and people of Maine through the innovation of a first-in-the-nation statewide unified accreditation from the New England Commission on Higher Education. With unified accreditation, the universities that make up the University of Maine System are now evaluated together based on how well they share state resources and academic programs in meeting accreditation standards for institutional quality and higher education effectiveness.

Malloy is the former Rappaport Distinguished Visiting Professor at Boston College Law School and taught undergraduate political science for 15 semesters as an adjunct professor at the University of Connecticut. He holds a B.A. in political science and sociology from Boston College, a J.D. from Boston College Law School, and six honorary degrees.