Gordon Gee
Elwood Gordon Gee (born February 2, 1944) is an American academic and is currently serving his second term as President of West Virginia University. He has served as the chief executive at several universities in the United States, previously serving at Ohio State University. Gee had been heading an Ohio State-based think tank following his retirement from the Ohio State presidency on July 1, 2013. He retired in response to a series of controversies relating to comments he made, the last of which involved anti-Catholic comments allegedly made in jest prior to a football game between Ohio State and the University of Notre Dame. His resignation thus ended his second term as the president; he had previously served as president of Ohio State from 1990 to 1997. Gee has held more university presidencies than any other American. Prior to his resumption of the presidency of West Virginia University on March 3, 2014, Gee was president of the Ohio State University from 2007 to 2013, chancellor of Vanderbilt University from 2000 to 2007, president of Brown University from 1998 to 2000, of the University of Colorado from 1985 to 1990, and of West Virginia University from 1981 to 1985. Time rated Gee one of the top 10 college presidents in the U.S. for 2010.