Eric J. Barron
President-elect, Penn State University
Date starts: On or before May 12, 2014
Term of office: Through June 30, 2019
Pay: Annual salary of $800,000, with $200,000 transition payment and other possible bonuses later, culminating in a $1 million “completion payment”
Age: 62
Education: B.S. in geology, 1973, Florida State University; M.S. and Ph.D. in 1976 and 1980, respectively, both from the University of Miami in oceanography.
Post he is leaving: president, Florida State University since Feb. 1, 2010
Previous roles at Penn State: director, Earth System Science Center, 1986-2002; director, EMS Environment Institute, 1998-2002; dean, College of Earth and Mineral Sciences, 2002-06; also professor of geosciences
Other jobs: various scientific posts at National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colo., 1980-85; associate professor, University of Miami, 1985-86; dean, Jackson School of Geosciences, University of Texas at Austin, 2006-08; director, NCAR, 2008-10
Personal: Wife, Molly, and two grown children. Native of Lafayette, Ind.
First Published: February 18, 2014, 5:03 a.m.
