Board of Supervisors names Dr. William Tate IV as next LSU president, first African American at LSU & in SEC to hold position
Board of Supervisors names new LSU president By WAFB Staff | May 6, 2021 at 5:05 PM CDT - Updated May 6 at 6:59 PM
BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - The LSU Board of Supervisors has voted to hire Dr. William Tate as the universityâs next president.
Tate will be the first African American to hold the position at LSU and in the SEC. The board voted 15-0 in favor of Tate.
The announcement was made Thursday, May 6, after the three finalists for the position were interviewed by the board earlier in the day.
LSU Picks William F. Tate IV for College Chancellor; First Black Man to Lead University System
By Associated Press
Published May 6, 2021
Louisiana State University chose its new leader Thursday, naming William Tate as the university system’s first Black president.
New LSU system president and chancellor William F. Tate (Twitter)
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.
LSU picks new leader, naming system’s first Black president
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.