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Gordon Gee Has a Lot of Miles

By 11W Staff - 07 May 2012
16 Comments

"Ohio State University has spent at least $844,000 on President E. Gordon Gee’s travel since 2007..." (daytondailynews.com)

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Poison nuts on 7 May 2012 - 5:47am #

He raised a record 1.46 billion & spent approx. $900,000 on travel. Yes he should be accountable - but I personally got no issue with this. He is a record setting money raising machine - he deserves some perks.

The world is full of kings & queens who'll blind your eyes & steal your dreams - it's heaven & hell - Ronnie James Dio.

Denny on 7 May 2012 - 8:20am #

Given the amount of fundraising he does and his push to visit every county in the state with frequency, this makes sense. He's the face of the university, and he's good at it. The man should be able to travel, whether in an official capacity or not.

Taquitos.

Pam on 7 May 2012 - 8:45am #

He travels like a CEO of a Fortune 500 Co. because he is the CEO of a $5B business.

Run_Fido_Run on 7 May 2012 - 8:55am #

Good points, Poison, Denny, and Pam. As long as Gee is making a reasonable effort at budgetary prudence and is not partying with Dominique Strauss-Kahn, happy travels!

Denny on 7 May 2012 - 9:36am #

Budgetary Prudence?!

Dear Gordon,

Open up your eyeeeeees...

Taquitos.

Scott K on 7 May 2012 - 2:32pm #

Well played Denny!

"There's a fine line between stupid, and....clever. David St. Hubbins/Nigel Tufnel

Leanenaud on 7 May 2012 - 8:55am #

If someone has beef with this they need to talk to the person making the travel arrangements. I'm sure he hasn't booked a single one of those flights or hotel rooms. Also, traveling is just expensive in general.

Pam on 7 May 2012 - 9:20am #

I do all the international travel for our CEO, Prez and VP. We are a Pharma Co. based in Osaka Japan and have clinical trial sites all over the world. Flights to Tokyo are 12 hours and Beijing is almost 14 from NYC. Because of this, they always fly business or first. Due to the time difference, I always book them an extra day at the hotel so when they arrive early am, they have a room ready. It is obviously more expensive, but given the importance of the trips, they need to be rested and help deal with jet lag, which is a bitch when traveling half way across the globe. GG is an ambassador, CEO, and businessman and should be afforded the same types of accommodations as my colleagues.

hodge on 7 May 2012 - 9:38am #

Can you plan my next vacation for me?

Pam on 7 May 2012 - 9:41am #

I can do anything

Denny on 7 May 2012 - 10:24am #

Anything you can do...

Taquitos.

BuckeyeW on 7 May 2012 - 10:24am #

The jet lag is an absolute nightmare. Went to Beijing a few years ago, passing out by 5pm, wide awake at 3am.

pcon258 on 7 May 2012 - 11:50am #

I just cant bring myself to critcize gordon gee. the man is an absolute legend; i think its safe to say that there is no school president at a university of comprable size, in the world, whose president is more accessible. he actually responds to emails from students! and i dont think that he simply has a secretary do it, because the response came about two weeks later, so that tells me that perhaps he simply got behind on repling because of a busy schedule. the guy is a fantastic embodiement of what ohio state is about

Pam on 7 May 2012 - 11:58am #

The man never stops. He lives, eats and breathes Ohio St. Last year walking out of the 'Shoe after the Wisky game, I heard someone who kept saying over and over "Thanks everybody, thanks for coming out" I turned and say GG walking in the same throng I was in. He had a big dude walking with him, but he was shaking hands and grinning from ear to ear like the rest of us.

741 on 7 May 2012 - 1:37pm #

I couldn't care less about this story. Minus a handful of well publicized gaffes in which he tried to be clever while speaking publically about OSU's football program, Gee has been solid gold for Ohio State, Columbus, and the State of Ohio. Keep doing what you are doing, brother!