E. Gordon Gee
Elwood Gordon Gee (born February 2, 1944) is an American academic administrator. As of 2023, he is serving his second term as president of West Virginia University; his first term there was from 1981 to 1985. Gee is said to have held more university presidencies than any other American. He was head of University of Colorado Boulder from 1985 to 1990, of Ohio State University from 1990 to 1997, of Brown University from 1998 to 2000, of Vanderbilt University from 2000 to 2007, and of Ohio State University for a second time from 2007 to 2013.
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Gee in 2007 | |
| 19th and 24th President of West Virginia University | |
| Assumed office January 1, 2014 Acting: January 1, 2014 – March 3, 2014 | |
| Preceded by | James P. Clements |
| In office July 1, 1981 – June 30, 1985 | |
| Preceded by | Gene Budig |
| Succeeded by | Neil Bucklew |
| 11th and 14th President of Ohio State University | |
| In office October 1, 2007 – June 30, 2013 | |
| Preceded by | Joseph A. Alutto (Acting) |
| Succeeded by | Joseph A. Alutto (Acting) |
| In office September 1, 1990 – January 2, 1998 | |
| Preceded by | Edward H. Jennings |
| Succeeded by | John Sisson (Acting) |
| 7th Chancellor of Vanderbilt University | |
| In office July 7, 2000 – August 1, 2007 | |
| Preceded by | Joe B. Wyatt |
| Succeeded by | Nicholas S. Zeppos |
| 17th President of Brown University | |
| In office January 6, 1998 – February 7, 2000 | |
| Preceded by | Vartan Gregorian |
| Succeeded by | Ruth Simmons |
| 15th President of the University of Colorado System | |
| In office 1985–1990 | |
| Preceded by | William Baughn |
| Succeeded by | William Baughn |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Elwood Gordon Gee February 2, 1944 Vernal, Utah, U.S. |
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| Children | Rebekah |
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| Academic background | |
| Thesis | An Examination and Analysis of Public Employment Relations Statutes with Recommendations for Statutory Treatment of Collective Bargaining in Higher Education (1972) |
| Doctoral advisor | Walter Sindlinger |
| Other advisors | Michael Brick |
Gee stepped down from the Ohio State presidency in 2013 after controversies about anti-Catholic comments allegedly made in jest about the University of Notre Dame. He headed an Ohio State-based think tank before returning to West Virginia University.