Michael V. Drake
| Michael V. Drake | |
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| 15th President of the Ohio State University |
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Assumed office June 30, 2014 |
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| Preceded by | Joseph A. Alutto |
| 5th Chancellor of the University of California, Irvine | |
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In office July 1, 2005 – June 29, 2014 |
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| Preceded by | Ralph J. Cicerone |
| Succeeded by | Howard Gillman |
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Michael Vincent Drake July 9, 1951 New York City, New York |
| Spouse(s) | 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) 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."
Drake grew up in Englewood, New Jersey, until moving with his family to Sacramento, California. He attended Stanford University and UC San Francisco.
Drake was an ophthalmology professor and associate dean at UCSF. In 2000, Drake became the University of California system vice president for health affairs.
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. His annual $350,000 salary remained unchanged from his previous position at the Office of the President, up from $70,000 paid to the previous UCI chancellor. As of 2010 he earned $374,969.32.
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 After signing a contract on September 4, 2007, the hire was rescinded by UCI Chancellor Michael V. Drake, because he felt the law professor's commentaries were "polarizing"; Drake claimed the decision was his own and not the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.
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