Board of
Directors
E.
Gordon Gee
Former President-elect Gordon E. Gee, among the most highly
experienced university presidents in the nation, returned to
The Ohio State University after having served as Chancellor
of Vanderbilt University for seven years. Prior to that, he
was president of Brown University (1998 – 2000), Ohio State
(1990-97), the University of Colorado (1985 – 90) and West
Virginia University (1981-85) during the course of his 34
years in higher education.
Born in Vernal, Utah, Gee graduated from the University of
Utah with an honors degree in history and earned his Doctor
of Jurisprudence and Doctor of Education degrees from
Columbia University. He clerked under Chief Judge David T.
Lewis of the U.S. 10th Circuit Court of Appeals before being
named a judicial fellow and staff assistant to the U.S.
Supreme Court, where he worked for Chief Justice Warren
Burger on administrative and legal problems of the Court and
federal judiciary. Gee returned to Utah as an associate
professor and associate dean in the J. Reuben Clark Law
School at Brigham Young University, eventually achieving the
rank of full professor. In 1979 he was named dean of the
West Virginia University Law School, and in 1981 was
appointed to that university’s presidency.
Active in a number of national professional and service
organizations, Gee served as a Trustee for the Harry S.
Truman Scholarship Foundation and as chairman of the Kellogg
Commission on the Future of State and Land Grant
Universities.
Gee has received a number of honorary degrees, awards and
recognitions. He was a Mellon Fellow for the Aspen Institute
for Humanistic Studies and a W.K. Kellogg Fellow. In 1994,
he received the Distinguished Alumnus Award from the
University of Utah as well as from Teachers College of
Columbia University. He is the co-author of eight books and
the author of numerous papers and articles on law and
education.
Gee is a member of the board of directors of Hasbro, Inc.
and Massey Energy Company.
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