Presidnt Tate named to Forbes List

BY REVEILLE STAFF REPORT

Forbes named LSU President William F. Tate IV one of its 10 Black higher ed CEOs to watch in 2023.

Tate made history as the university’s first Black president when he was sworn in by the Board of Supervisors in 2021. He also became the first Black president at any school in the Southeastern Conference.

Tate’s historic selection in May 2021 was celebrated around the state.

“I share this goal of making higher education more accessible to students from all walks of life and all areas of our state and beyond and in growing the system’s prominence and I welcome his experience, vision and insight,” said Gov. John Bel Edwards in a statement celebrating Tate’s historic first. “I congratulate Dr. Tate.”

Tate is the 28th president of the university and came to Louisiana after serving as the provost and the executive vice president of academic affairs at the University of South Carolina. He spent 18 years before that as the dean of the graduate school at the University of Washington in St. Louis.

He earned a doctorate in mathematics education and studied human development at the University of Maryland.