Dr. William F. Tate IV was selected as president of Louisiana State University (LSU) on Thursday, becoming the first Black president of any school that is part of the Southeastern Conference. Tate is pictured in a photo provided by LSU on May 6, 2021. (Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College / Eddy Perez)
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Dr. William F. Tate IV was named the president of Louisiana State University (LSU) on Thursday, becoming the first Black president of a Southeastern Conference school.
Tate, the provost of the University of South Carolina, was selected by the school after beating out two other finalists for the job, University of Louisiana System President Dr. James B. Henderson and Dr. Kelvin Droegemeier, a University of Oklahoma professor and meteorologist who served as a science adviser to former President Donald Trump.