President of 2-Year College in N.M. Sentenced for Drinking and Driving

Phillip O. Barry, president of Mesalands College, in New Mexico, was sentenced recently after being found guilty of driving under the influence in 2009, the Clovis News Journal reports. Mr. Barry received a year of probation for the misdemeanor, and was suspended last year by the two-year college’s governing board for a week without pay. His blood-alcohol level at the time of his arrest was 0.12 percent, slightly above New Mexico’s legal limit of 0.08, according to news reports.