I say yes. In fact, I'd bet on it if I were a gambler.
I remember one of the knocks on him for the YSU job was that he didn't come from Academia but now he's an experienced university president.
I don't even really know/care what university presidents *actually do* but whatever it is, James Patrick Tressel is surely qualified.
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