Veteran Baylor University professor and administrator Randall O達rien has been named president of Baptist-affiliated Carson-Newman College in Jefferson City, Tenn.

Trustees elected him July 8. O達rien will assume full-time duties Jan. 1, 2009, after a transitional period that begins in August. During the transition, he will share administrative duties with Carson-Newman痴 current interim president, Joe Bill Sloan.

O達rien replaces James Netherton, who resigned under pressure in early 2007. He was the target of a no-confidence vote by the faculty in the fall of 2006.