E. Gordon Gee (President West Virginia U.)

[southcampus]

Then Gee failed. OSU has fallen slightly in academic rankings under Gee.

Gee could raise money with the best of them. But he wasnt considered a leader in the academia crowd......NTTAWWT

I think history will be kind to both of them

Really? Thought the complete opposite.

Granted, I only follow the things I'm interested in.

• Quality of incoming undergrad is at all-time highs.
• Fisher College of Business Ranking for undergrad and MBA continues to rise.

Not really sure about the rest, but that Gee and OSU were slipping would come as a surprise to me.

 

[ORD_Buckeye]

Just heard he will retire effective 1 July 2013. Probably a good thing for all ...

Bullshit. His comments have become more embarrassing and more frequent. It's been sad to watch, but having him retire in the middle of a 2.5 billion dollar fundraising campaign is NOT a good thing for all.

 

[ORD_Buckeye]

To be honest, the only thing required of this job is to not [censored] things up ala Holbrook. Grossly overpaid like all university admin jobs.

So a guy who made 1.9M (and who took a paycut from a top 25 university to come here) to incredibly successfully run a 4 billion dollar enterprise, one of the largest employers in the state of Ohio and an institution whose total economic impact to the state is over a hundred billion dollars annually and reaches into every single county is grossly overpaid.

Yet, my hunch is that you have no problem with private sector CEOs who pay themselves five or ten times that amount in years where they lose money and lay off thousands of employess.

 

[Bucknut24]

 

[Saw31]

THE E. Gordon Gee...


Let's raise another couple billion.

 

[buckeyegrad]

Early speculation on Gee's successor.

For about the past five years the speculation at CWRU has been that President Barbara Snyder was waiting for Gee's retirement in order to return to OSU. Snyder certainly has the OSU pedigree having earned her BA from OSU, and more importantly, she has served as both Dean of the Law School and Provost. Her own selected provost at CWRU is William Baeslack, who is a former Dean of Engineering and Executive Dean of the Professional Colleges at OSU. My guess is that if Snyder was selected, she would return with Baeslack. Also, in her first couple of years as President, there was a lot of complaining by the faculty and upper-level administration that everything was compared to how OSU did things by Snyder and Baeslack. Now, I don't know how interested the Board is in Snyder and how legitimate the speculation is, but it was interesting at work today that as soon as Gee's retirement was announced, everyone started talking about potentially losing Snyder.

Having worked at CWRU for the past six years, almost the entire tenure of President Snyder, I believe you get a mixed bag with her. She certainly has done well managing the university in terms of finances. When she took over, CWRU had a $20 million budget deficit, which she eliminated two years ahead of schedule; and she is nearing the completion of a successful $1 billion fundraising campaign. She has done very well in winning over the alumni base and connecting with financial leaders in Cleveland and nationally. On the not so positive side, she rightfully has a reputation for being cold and distant with faculty, staff, and students. In addition, although I think she is a very competent leader for the university, I would argue that she has made some very poor hires at the VP level and allowed an incompetent dean to remain in place for too long as his college lost nationally known faculty and research dollars under his tenure.

Again, don't know where the Board stands, but if she emerges as a top candidate, you heard it here first.

 

[ScriptOhio]

FWIW, the local TV news (NBC 4) reported the it was Gee's decision to retire. He realized he was looking bad, his memory wasn't as sharp as it use to be, he wants to spend more time with grandchildren, and he is not getting any younger (he's 69). Supposedly the trustees would let him stay; however, basically with "zero tolerance" for another blunder.

In other news...Michael Douglas blames oral sex for throat cancer.

:tongue2:

 

[Dee-Liem]

Early speculation on Gee's successor.

Not to take the subject off of President Gee, but she'd (Snyder) actually be my first choice as well. She's proved at Case Western she can fundraise (to an extent) as well.

I just hope whomever is president, they realize how passionate Ohio State fans are, something Gordon Gee embraced.

 

[DaveyBoy]

He's clearly had successes. Never said he didn't.

But OSU's rankings relative to other B1G universities hasn't improved and have actually fallen in several areas. Nothing precipitous . But apparent.

Gee had incredible strengths in key areas and will be difficult to replace. But he had his weaknesses as well....like we all do.

While its true we hold some leaders to impossibly high standards and others get significantly more discretion and latitude, Gee had to know or should have known his remarks were risky again.

We should consider ourselves lucky to have had EGG and thank him. Then moveon with a politically correct hire.....just watch out. Yuck

Really? Thought the complete opposite.

Granted, I only follow the things I'm interested in.

• Quality of incoming undergrad is at all-time highs.
• Fisher College of Business Ranking for undergrad and MBA continues to rise.

Not really sure about the rest, but that Gee and OSU were slipping would come as a surprise to me.

 

[RB07OSU]

President Gordon Gee's legacy will not be a handful of estranged comments made in jest, but his body of remarkable work at Ohio State. He was an excellent fundraiser, an inspirational speaker, but most importantly, a President who was TRULY cared for each and every one of his many students and somewhat of a father figure to many.

When I was wandering our gigantic campus by myself for the first time in search of where my classes would be, I admit that I was quite overwhelmed and already feeling a tad homesick. I was in an unfamiliar place and had just moved into Columbus. Upon arriving to the final building on the outskirts of the Oval at Derby Hall, I saw President Gee leisurely sitting on a bench outside and enjoying the sun. I realized his boyish grin and hallmark bow tie immediately but didn't want to bother him. To my surprise, he waived me over and asked me to take a seat. We sat and talked for about 15 minutes while he attentively listened to what was essentially my life story. He made me feel at such ease instantly about selecting Ohio State and I never looked back since then, all because the President of the largest university in America took such a genuine interest in me.

Fast forward two weeks when I see him pass in the Oval on my way to class. He once again flags me down and asks "Hey (called me by name), how are you enjoying Ohio State so far? You get back to Dayton and see your girlfriend (called her by her name despite never meeting her) yet?" I was amazed that of the hundreds of thousands of students that passed through his university, he could remember everything about me in such vivid detail from one conversation. My entire time at Ohio State could not have been any better and President Gee was a fixture of those fond memories and success. My most contrite sentiments go out to current and future students who will not have him guiding our fine university in the years to come. Thank you for everything President Gee.

 

[Dryden]

Went to the Akron game in 2007 with a buddy. I parked in the Arps garage off High St and we walked up 18th to Neil. Turned right and headed north when we noticed Gee in the company of a bunch of stuffed suits heading south on the other side of the street leaving Dreese Labs. Gee was in the midst of conversation and obviously giving a tour. My buddy and I, from across the street mouth the 'O-H' with the arm gestures, and Gee completely breaks from what was probably a far more important conversation to respond with an 'I-O'. The suits around him lapped it up thinking it was hysterical.

I will never, ever forget that. It was the most memorable part of that shitty day aside from Beanie's epic stiff arm and Akron's punter putting on a clinic.

 

[stowfan]

So a guy who made 1.9M (and who took a paycut from a top 25 university to come here) to incredibly successfully run a 4 billion dollar enterprise, one of the largest employers in the state of Ohio and an institution whose total economic impact to the state is over a hundred billion dollars annually and reaches into every single county is grossly overpaid.

Yet, my hunch is that you have no problem with private sector CEOs who pay themselves five or ten times that amount in years where they lose money and lay off thousands of employess.

Somewhere in this thread is an article from the Dayton newspaper, saying Gee was paid over 8 million dollars a year and his expense account was another 7 million per year.

 

[maximumblitz]

Connecting the dots ... Gordon had long worried about being fired by the football coach .... evidently, Urb fired him for calling Bielema a "remarkably successful professional".

 

[ORD_Buckeye]

Somewhere in this thread is an article from the Dayton newspaper, saying Gee was paid over 8 million dollars a year and his expense account was another 7 million per year.

Then the Dayton newspaper needs to hire better editors and fact checkers.

With a 300K bonus (which he donated back to faculty and scholarship funds) his total compensation last year was 2.14M.

 

[Dryden]

From a May 29 article last year:

http://www.thelantern.com/campus/ohio-state-reacts-to-gee-s-almost-2m-salary-1.2875056#.Ua7JssbD-Ul

Gee's total compensation of $1,992,221 is comprised of a base pay of $814,157, $881,278 in deferred compensation and $296,786 of bonus pay, which the university says is paid out of non-public funds.