After two hours behind closed doors, Robert L. Caslen Jr. was elected the 29th president at UofSC in an 11-8 vote this past Friday, July 19. Caslen will assume the role on Sept. 16, making $650,000 annually.
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Who is Bob Caslen?
- A former three-star Army general and superintendent of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point.
- He holds two master’s degrees: business administration from Long Island University and a Master of Science degree in industrial engineering from Kansas State University.
- As of January 2019, he was hired on by the University of Central Florida in Orlando as their chief accountability officer.
- He is married with three sons (of which are a captain in the Army, a firefighter, and an FBI agent) and has four grandchildren.
- What does he say he’ll do for UofSC? “I will listen.”
Click here to read more about Robert L. Caslen Jr. in the University’s official announcement.
