Bentley, 1977
Terry Carleton was inducted into the CoSIDA Academic All-America® Hall of Fame on June 9, 2014 in Orlando, Fla.
Pioneer, visionary and leader are three words that aptly describe
Terry Carleton's character, and the impact that he has made on Bentley University over the last four decades is one that has helped transform the suburban Boston school into a world class institution.
A standout on the soccer pitch from 1973-76, Carleton helped the Falcons earn their first and only NCAA tournament berth to date during his junior season of 1975 in just the program's fourth year of existence. He ranks fourth on Bentley's career scoring list with 32 goals and 20 points for 84 points and still owns the school single-game mark for goals and points nearly 40 years later. A first-team Division II All-New England selection, Carleton was a two-time team MVP as served as the Falcons' co-captain in 1976 and earned a degree in economics in 1977. A 1986 inductee into Bentley's Athletic Hall of Fame, Terry was one of two Northeast-10 Conference greats named to the NCAA Division II 40th Anniversary Team last year.
A financial advisor with UBS Private Wealth Management in Boston, Carleton served as chair of Bentley's Board of Trustees and later filled the role of the University's president (although without the title or the salary) from 2005-07. He led the transition of Bentley's reclassification from a college to a university while also overseeing a period of major expansion in academic, residential and athletic/recreational facilities during his time as trustees' chair from 2005-12, and he also chaired the search committee for the next Northeast-10 commissioner at the request of the league's presidents' committee.
Carleton served on the board of Caritas Hospital in Norwood, Mass., and as the chair of the Newton Country Day School board, where he assisted in increasing alumni support during the school's capital campaigns.
