97-10-27 Gee to Head AAU Exec. Com.

GEE ELECTED CHAIRMAN OF AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITIES

     COLUMBUS -- E. Gordon Gee, president of The Ohio State
University, was elected chair of the Association of American
Universities earlier this week in New York City at the
association’s annual fall meeting.  Gee, who has been vice-chair
for the past year, will serve a one-year term.  He succeeds
George Rupp, president of Columbia University.

     As chair, Gee will head an 11-member executive committee
responsible for general oversight of the association’s policies,
finances, and general operation.  The executive committee
includes five presidents of private universities, five presidents
of public universities, and the president of the AAU itself.

     Gee, who will become president of Brown University in
January, will be the first person to serve as president of two
different universities during his term as AAU chair, said AAU
spokesman Peter Smith.  The chairmanship alternates between
public and private universities, and by tradition is assumed by
the previous year’s vice chair.  Gee was elected as a public
university president.  His vice chair is Steven Sample, president
of the University of Southern California.

     At the same meeting, the AAU elected a new president, Nils
Hasselmo, former president of the University of Minnesota, who on
July 1 will succeed Cornelius Pings who plans to retire June 30
after more than five years in the position.

     The AAU comprises 62 major public and private universities
with strong programs in research, graduate and professional
studies.

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Contacts: Peter Smith, AAU, 202-408-7500
          Ruth Gerstner, Ohio State, (614) 292-8424


[Submitted by: Von Vargas  (vargas.12@osu.edu)
               
Mon, 27 Oct 1997 15:03:35 -0500 (EST)]
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