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 makes history by naming its first Black president: Meet Bill Tate
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LSU made history Thursday by naming University of South Carolina Provost William Bill Tate as the first Black president in the school s history and the first Black to lead a school in the Southeastern Conference.
Black students weren t even allowed to attend LSU until 1953. Quite frankly I didn t think this day would come that an African-American would become president in the SEC, Tate said. Y all made it possible. I m really excited to be part of this community. For me this is all about how we can help students regardless of their background . and give them opportunity to live their dream.
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.
May 7, 2021
None of the 10 doctors on the committee that advises the Centers for Disease Control on COVID-19 vaccines would say if they support the CDC removing a world-leading scientist from that committee for opposing a pause that may have spooked Americans off COVID vaccination.
The Federalist contacted all of the committee’s members for comment on the CDC’s decision that could affect the integrity and public perception of the committee’s work, as well as Americans’ willingness to accept COVID vaccines, a current pressing concern for the public health agency. None was willing to comment.
The reluctance underscores the retaliatory climate CDC communicated when it punished a “world-class” scientist who helped invent methods dramatically improving the very vaccine safety system the CDC uses today. That story The Federalist broke received major media attention, and so has the vaccine hesitancy the agency’s pause seems to have amplified.
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.