News alert: William Tate becomes LSUâs first Black president
The LSU Board of Supervisors has tapped University of South Carolina Provost William Tate IV to be LSUâs next president and the first Black leader in the universityâs history..
Tateâs selection was announced at 5:05 p.m., shortly after the board emerged from a nearly two-hour closed-door session to discuss the three finalists for the position, who each interviewed earlier today before the board in livestreamed meetings that lasted about 90 minutes each.
Tate beat out University of Louisiana System President James Henderson and former White House policy adviser Kelvin Droegemeier, a meteorologist, by a unanimous vote.