LSU picks new leader, naming system's first Black president
May 6, 2021
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BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana State University chose its new leader Thursday, naming William Tate as the university system's first Black president.
Tate, provost at the University of South Carolina, was the unanimous pick of the LSU Board of Supervisors after public in-person interviews with three finalists and 90 minutes of closed-door debate among board members. He'll start the job as LSU president — overseeing multiple campuses and serving as chancellor of the flagship campus in Baton Rouge — in July.
“We set about to find a great leader, and we found one,” said Robert Dampf, chairman of the LSU board.