Michael V. Drake
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Michael V. Drake | |
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15th President of the Ohio State University | |
Assumed office June 30, 2014 | |
Preceded by | Joseph A. Alutto |
5th Chancellor of the University of California, Irvine | |
In office July 1, 2005 – June 29, 2014 | |
Preceded by | Ralph J. Cicerone |
Succeeded by | Howard Gillman |
Personal details | |
Born | Michael Vincent Drake July 9, 1951 New York City, New York |
Spouse | Brenda Drake |
Residence | Columbus, Ohio |
Alma mater | Stanford University University of California, San Francisco |
Profession | Physician |
Website | Office of the President |
Michael Vincent Drake (born July 9, 1951)[1] is an American university administrator and physician. In 2014, he became the current president of The Ohio State University. From 2005 to 2014, he was the chancellor of the University of California, Irvine. While UC Irvine chancellor, Drake controversially fired and rehired legal scholar Erwin Chemerinsky as dean of the then-new UC Irvine school of law. At Ohio State, Drake has been criticized for firing the university's marching band director Jon Waters after a report criticized the band's "sexualized culture."
Early years and education
Drake grew up in Englewood, New Jersey, until moving with his family to Sacramento, California. He attended Stanford University and UC San Francisco.
Career
Drake was an ophthalmology professor and associate dean at UCSF. He served as Director of Admissions at UCSF medical school and sat on the resident selection committee for the Department of Ophthalmology prior to his appointment at the Office of the President.[citation needed] In 2000, Drake became the University of California system vice president for health affairs,[2] while continuing to hold his long-held appointment at University of California, San Francisco in the department of ophthalmology.[citation needed]
University of California, Irvine chancellorship
In 2005, Drake was appointed as the fifth chancellor of the University of California, Irvine (UCI). He officially began his term on July 1, 2005.[3] His annual $350,000 salary remained unchanged from his previous position as Office of the President, up from $70,000 paid to the previous UCI chancellor. As of 2010 he earned $374,969.32.[4]
Chemerinsky firing and rehiring
Drake's first major firing scandal was to fire the Dean of the UCI law school, Erwin Chemerinsky. After signing a contract on September 4, 2007, the hire was rescinded by UCI Chancellor Michael V. Drake, because he felt the law professor's commentaries were "polarizing"; Drake claimed the decision was his own and not the subject of any outside influence.[5]
The action was criticized by both liberal and conservative scholars who felt it hindered the academic mission of the law school and violated principles of academic freedom, and few believed Chancellor Drake's claims that it was not the result of outside influence.[5][6] The issue was the subject of an editorial in The New York Times on Friday, September 14.[7] Details emerged revealing that UCI had received criticism on the hire from the California Supreme Court's then-Chief Justice Ronald M. George, who criticized Chemerinsky's grasp of death penalty appeals, as well as a group of prominent local Republicans, including Los Angeles County Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich, who wanted to stop the appointment. Drake traveled over a weekend to meet with Chemerinsky in Durham, North Carolina, where he was a professor at the Duke University School of Law at the time, and the two reached an agreement late Sunday evening.[8]
On September 17, Chemerinsky issued a joint press release with Drake indicating that Chemerinsky would head the UCI law school.[9] On September 20, 2007, Chemerinsky's hire was formally approved by the Regents of the University of California.[10] In 2014, Chemerinsky said that he and Drake had since reconciled.[11]
Ohio State University presidency
On January 30, 2014, the Ohio State University Board of Trustees named Dr. Drake as the 15th president of The Ohio State University. He began his tenure at the university on June 30, 2014.[12] At the time of his appointment, he was part of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the Institute of Medicine, and the NCAA board of directors.[13] In March 2015, Drake was appointed to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame board.[14]
Waters firing
Drake fired Ohio State marching band director Jon Waters[15] on July 24, 2014, after a university investigation found that the band's "sexualized culture" was "inconsistent with the University's values and Title IX requirements." The university stated that there were "serious cultural issues and an environment conducive to sexual harassment within the Marching Band", and that the band director "was aware or reasonably should have known about" it.[16] Waters has sued for reinstatement, accusing the university, Drake, and a provost of discriminating against him by disciplining him differently than a female employee and denying him due process.[17][18][19][20] To date, Drake has stood by his decision to terminate Waters as marching band director.[21] As of January 2015, the university had spent nearly $1 million in taxpayer-provided funding in defense of the decision and subsequent actions.[22] Invoices requested under Ohio's public records laws were heavily redacted, leading to more questions about what work the university had paid certain firms to perform.[22]
References
- ^ Date information sourced from Library of Congress Authorities data, via corresponding WorldCat Identities linked authority file (LAF).
- ^ Office of the Chancellor (September 10, 2005). "Michael V. Drake Biography". University of California, Irvine. Archived from the original on July 14, 2008. Retrieved November 22, 2008.
- ^ http://www.calit2.net/newsroom/release.php?id=603
- ^ The Sacramento Bee (February 2, 2012). "State Worker Salary Search". University of California, Irvine. Retrieved February 6, 2012.
- ^ a b Garrett Therolf and Henry Weinstein, UC Irvine aborts hiring Chemerinsky as law school dean, Los Angeles Times, September 13.
- ^ Dana Parsons, Excuse for UCI's fumble on law school dean not good enough, Los Angeles Times, September 13, 2007.
- ^ "A Bad Beginning in Irvine". The New York Times. September 14, 2007. Retrieved May 2, 2010.
- ^ Garrett Therolf, Chemerinsky returns to UC Irvine post, Los Angeles Times, September 17, 2007.
- ^ OC Blog: Statement From Chemerinsky & Drake
- ^ today.uci.edu
- ^ http://articles.latimes.com/2014/jan/30/local/la-me-uci-chancellor-20140131
- ^ Yost, Denise (January 30, 2014). "Ohio State Announces Dr. Michael Drake As New President". NBC4i.com. Retrieved January 30, 2014.
- ^ http://www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2014/01/ohio_state_universitys_new_pre_1.html
- ^ http://www.cleveland.com/music/index.ssf/2015/03/rock_hall_adds_3_to_board_of_t.html
- ^ http://www.foxnews.com/us/2014/07/26/ohio-state-band-controversy-again-puts-university-in-spotlight/
- ^ "Ohio State fires band director Jon Waters over 'environment conducive to sexual harassment'". cleveland.com. Retrieved February 6, 2016.
- ^ Binkley, Collin (September 27, 2014). "Fired band director Waters sues OSU". The Columbus Dispatch. Retrieved October 24, 2014.
- ^ "Alum: Claim vs. director 'absurd'". Associated Press. August 11, 2014. Retrieved September 6, 2014.
- ^ Yost, Denise (August 19, 2014). "NBC4 Fact Checks OSU President's Remarks About TBDBITL Report". NBC4i. Retrieved September 6, 2014.
- ^ Yost, Denise (August 18, 2014). "Did Ohio State's Band Investigation Follow Best Practices?". NBC4i. Retrieved September 6, 2014.
- ^ Yost, Denise (August 13, 2014). "OSU President Closes Door To Rehiring Band Director". NBC4i. Retrieved September 6, 2014.
- ^ a b Binkley, Collin (January 24, 2015). "Ohio State bills for band investigation and defense pushing $1 million". Columbus Dispatch. Retrieved January 26, 2015.
- UC Regents (May 26, 2005). "UC vice president named new UC Irvine chancellor". Today@UCI. Archived from the original on August 10, 2007. Retrieved November 22, 2008.
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