Dive Brief:
- University of California, Irvine, Chancellor Dr. Michael V. Drake is expected to be hired as the new president of Ohio State University.
- Drake, an ophthalmologist, would start the new post in June and would replace former president E. Gordon Gee, who retired last summer.
- Drake would be the school's first black president.
Dive Insight:
Drake has held the top job in Irvine since 2005 and helped create a new law school there. Irvine's medical center improved under Drake — a particularly important consideration given that Ohio State is building a $1 billion cancer hospital.
