Bateman installed as Randolph College president

LYNCHBURG, Va. (AP) - Bradley Bateman has been installed as Randolph College’s 10th president.

An inauguration ceremony was held Saturday at the private liberal arts college in Lynchburg.

Bateman was hired in February 2013 to replace the retiring John E. Klein and took office last July.

Bateman previously served as provost at Denison University in Ohio and associate dean at Grinnell College in Iowa. He holds several economics degrees.