Top compensation of university presidents

The Seattle Times reports:

Public universities, 2007-08

1) E. Gordon Gee, Ohio State University: $1,346,225

2) Mark Emmert, University of Washington: $887,870

3) John Casteen III, University of Virginia: $797,048

4) Mark Yudof, University of Texas system: $786,045 (resigned June 2008)

5) Mary Sue Coleman, University of Michigan system: $760,196

Private universities, 2006-07*

1) David Sargent, Suffolk University: $2,800,461 (inflated by some one-time bonuses)

2) E. Gordon Gee, Vanderbilt University: $2,065,143 (stepped down to move to Ohio State)

3) Henry S. Bienen, Northwestern University: $1,742,560

4) Lee C. Bollinger, Columbia University: $1,411,894

5) Shirley Ann Jackson, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute: $1,326,774