E. Gordon Gee

E. Gordon Gee is in his sixth year as Chancellor of Vanderbilt University. One of the most experienced chief executives in higher education, Gee has served as president of Brown University, The Ohio State University, the University of Colorado, and West Virginia University. In September of 2003, Chancellor Gee made national headlines when he absorbed Vanderbilt’s athletic department into its Division of Student Life and eliminated the position of athletic director, in order to allow for greater integration of Vanderbilt’s athletics program with the University’s overall academic mission. Gee remains a persistent and insistent advocate of academic reform in intercollegiate athletics.