The Gee Years, 2007–2013 chronicles E. Gordon Gee’s second tenure as president of The Ohio State University and the fourteenth in the university’s history. With previous posts at Vanderbilt, Brown, Colorado, West Virginia, and a previous term at Ohio State, Gee is the longest continually serving college president in the country. His second tenure with Ohio State boasted overall fundraising at record highs, created a $100 million fund for student scholarships, called for affordability for college education for Ohioans which helped to shift study body demographics, and led the charge for restructuring the state of Ohio’s funding of higher education. Part of Gee’s close circle, Herbert B. Asher writes from firsthand experience to relate the major events, developments, and successes of the university from Gee’s recruitment through the president’s departure. The Gee Years reflects on a leader who left an indelible impression on The Ohio State University.
Herbert B. Asher is Professor Emeritus of Political Science at The Ohio State University. He worked for E. Gordon Gee in various capacities during both tenures and served in multiple Ohio State presidents’ administrations from the early 1980s through his retirement in 2015.
Contents
Foreword
Chapter 1 The 1981 to 2007 Era at Ohio State
Chapter 2 The Gee Return and Transition
Chapter 3 Building a Team
Chapter 4 Shaping a University Culture
Chapter 5 The Face of the University: Organizing the Calendar
Chapter 6 The Internal Constituencies
Chapter 7 Old Issues and New Outcomes: Semester Conversion and Arts and Sciences Consolidation
Chapter 8 From Development to Advancement
Chapter 9 From Redevelopment to Revitalization: On Campus and Off
Chapter 10 Signature Buildings, the North Campus Residential District, and the Two-Year Residency Rule
Chapter 11 Other Initiatives and Actions
Chapter 12 Alternative Resource Strategies
Chapter 13 Ohio State by the Numbers: Trends in Quality and Performance
Chapter 14 Athletics
Chapter 15 The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center
Chapter 16 The Changing Dimensions of Diversity at Ohio State
Chapter 17 Gee and the Governors
Chapter 18 The Ohio State University and the Gee Legacy
Appendix A Gee’s Rules of Engagement
Appendix B Gee and Alutto Memos to the Board of Trustees
Appendix C Ohio State University Enrollment Report
Appendix D Commencement Speakers and Honorary Degree Recipients in the Second Gee Presidency
Appendix E Members of the Board of Trustees in the Second Gee Presidency
Index
Related Titles:
Fulfilling the 21st Century Land-Grant Mission
Essays in Honor of The Ohio State University’s Sesquicentennial Commemoration
Edited by Stephen M. Gavazzi
& David J. Staley
