Kristina M. Johnson, who is leaving Ohio State at the end of the academic year, will have served the second shortest tenure of any of the university's 16 presidents.
Johnson has a doctorate in electrical engineering from Stanford University. She previously worked in the field of optical engineering, holds more than 100 patents and is a recipient of the John Fritz Medal – considered one of the highest honors in engineering.
As of September 2022, Johnson earned an annual salary of $927,000, according to the university's salary data base.'Difficult decision':After a committee of university trustees gave Drake a positive performance evaluation and approved a 2.5% raise, his annual salary was nearly $892,000 per year. Retired OSU President E. Gordon Gee earned about $2.1 million in total pay in his last year as president, including about $855,000 in base salary.Johnson's grandparents first met on Ohio State's campus in the 1890s, and her grandfather Charles Johnson became a frequent fixture in many of the president's speeches.
Johnson said her grandfather was known for helping his colleagues with less education — primarily his Black and female coworkers — learn the skills they needed to get on technical tracks at Westinghouse.
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