Gee Headed Back to Ohio State

Vanderbilt University Chancellor Gordon Gee has accepted the top post at Ohio State University, after rejecting the offer last month.

Gee was the president of Ohio State from 1990 to 1997. Gee did not appear in person today to answer any questions, but University spokesman Mike Schoenfeld did.

“It was a surprise but I know it was a difficult decision for him and a lot of complex issues. Ohio State as he has said in his messages, Ohio State has always had a very strong emotional connection to him and he to it.”

Gee is one of the highest paid university presidents in the nation, and even though he’ll apparently take a pay cut in the new position, it will not likely affect his ranking. His net salary is reported to be about 1.2 million dollars at Vanderbilt and he has supposedly accepted an offer of about a million dollars at Ohio State.