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E. Gordon Gee (President West Virginia U.)

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RB07OSU said:
Just wanted to share this story. I was visiting campus today for alumni relations and my friend had to go into the registrar because of an error on his accout. The balance was showing 512$ and my friend wasn't going to be able to graduate because he has absolutely no money right now. Gee walked in, handed him a slip for a 550$ scholarship, told him to have a great day, and walked out with an O-H! What an unbelievable man...OSU is so blessed to have him at the helm. This is just one of about a 100 stories I have heard like this from OSU students.
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Starting a tab with the extra $38, right?
 
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Updated: Sept. 22, 2012
OSU president expenses in the millions
By Laura A. Bischoff
Columbus Bureau

COLUMBUS ?

E. Gordon Gee makes millions as president of Ohio State University, but a Dayton Daily News investigation found the university spends almost as much for Gee to travel the globe, throw parties, wine and dine donors, woo prospective faculty, hang out with students and staff and maintain a 9,600-square-foot mansion on 1.3 acres.

Since returning to Columbus as the university?s president in October 2007, the 68-year-old Gee has pulled in $8.6 million in salary and compensation, making him the highest paid CEO of a public university in the country.

But his expenses ? hidden among hard-to-get records that the university took nearly a year to release ? tally nearly as much: $7.7 million.

Gee?s spending is kept out of the public eye because it can be tallied only by examining multiple reports, including the quarterly discretionary expense reports delivered to the trustees and not easily obtainable by others. The Daily News first requested records documenting Gee?s work day, housing, American Express statements, travel expenses, discretionary spending reports and other data in September 2011. The university did not fully respond to the request until August 2012.

Those records show Gee stays in luxury hotels, dines at country clubs and swank restaurants, throws lavish parties, flies on private jets and hands out thousands of gifts ? all at public expense.

The Daily News investigation found the university spent more than $895,000 for gatherings at the Pizzuti House, the president?s mansion, between April 2008 and June 2011. That works out to be about $23,000 a month ? a little less than the average cost of a wedding.

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http://www.daytondailynews.com/news...osu-president-run-into-millions-for-tr/nSGkK/
 
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Re: The Daily News investigation found the university spent more than $895,000 for gatherings at the Pizzuti House, the president?s mansion, between April 2008 and June 2011. That works out to be about $23,000 a month ? a little less than the average cost of a wedding.

Well, I guess it is....

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Agree. Like they said, his entertainment costs average less than a wedding every month. You can believe that he would like a quiet weekend at home once in a while as much as anyone else. Endless dinners. Endless stakeholder requests. It can be overwhelming.
 
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Since he came back in 2007, we've raised over $1.5B with no formal fundraising campaign and the worst economy since the 1930s. We're also in the silent phase of what will become a formal $2.5B to $3B campaign.

Research funding is closing in on $900M which translates to a total economic impact ever year of $1.3B and 36,000 well paying jobs for the state.

DDN has traditionally been pretty supportive of Ohio State. That distorted article is something that I would expect to see in the Toledo Blade as part of their "We Don't Have It, So Nobody Else Should Either" series.
 
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LeftCoastBuck;2160539; said:
Gee is worth every cent of what he is paid. The man is everywhere on campus and has completely reshaped OSU for the next 50 years.

First of all, Gee is there for the kids. Whether it is helping freshman move in, sitting down to talk to the students at various events or soliciting input from student government, he has the pulse of the student body. He is enthusiastic and engaged and the kids just love him.

Secondly, Gee has made the admissions process far more competitive. The average in-state GPA requirement is now about 3.5 and out of state is nearly 3.9. OSU's academic profile is on the rise

Thirdly, he has built....or is building a world class medical school, research institute and hospital that will drive dollars into OSU and fund the next wave of innovation in medicine.

He may look like Orville Redenbacher, put his foot into his mouth on occassion, but the guy is a true 24/7 Buckeye and is worth every cent....and then some.

As an Alumnus, I am damned glad to have him running this school
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Way too much is being made of Dr. Gee's spending habits. $64,000 on Bow Ties? Who gives a s.hit? He makes nerdy look trendy. Best guy we could ever have running this show.

Peace
 
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WoodyWorshiper;2221259; said:
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Way too much is being made of Dr. Gee's spending habits. $64,000 on Bow Ties? Who gives a s.hit? He makes nerdy look trendy. Best guy we could ever have running this show.

Peace
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Don't let the gotcha-journalism fool you into thinking Gee's got a wing of his house just for bow ties:

"Since 2007, Ohio State has spent more than $64,000 on bow ties, bow tie cookies and O-H and bow tie pins for Gee and others to distribute, the newspaper found."

We're talking about 5 years of pins and cookies for incoming freshmen, donors, alumni, etc.

Overall, I think the article is more informative than negative, but Richard Vedder's comments are hilarious coming from an OU prof. He mad.
 
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BayBuck;2221625; said:
Overall, I think the article is more informative than negative, but Richard Vedder's comments are hilarious coming from an OU prof. He mad.
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Vedder is a complete joke. A used up, third rate economist who's made a second career out of bashing higher education. He pretty much takes a PETA approach in that he jumps on things he feels most people will agree with (high tuition, administrative salaries) to try and gain legitimacy for what is ultimately a very extreme agenda of completely ending public higher education and any forms of state or federal financial aid.

I'm not surprised to find his sorry ass trolling these waters.
 
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ORD_Buckeye;2221632; said:
Vedder is a complete joke. A used up, third rate economist who's made a second career out of bashing higher education. He pretty much takes a PETA approach in that he jumps on things he feels most people will agree with (high tuition, administrative salaries) to try and gain legitimacy for what is ultimately a very extreme agenda of completely ending public higher education and any forms of state or federal financial aid.

I'm not surprised to find his sorry ass trolling these waters.
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Good ol Professor Vedder... we made fun of him alot at OU back in my day. Damn... I hate getting old.
 
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