ROANOKE TIMES
Copyright (c) 1995, Roanoke Times
DATE: Saturday, December 23, 1995 TAG: 9512250041
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: B-3 EDITION: METRO
DATELINE: NEWPORT NEWS
SOURCE: Associated Press
Because of a recent change in state law, former U.S. Sen. Paul Trible will be one of the state's best-paid public university presidents when he takes over Christopher Newport University.
The General Assembly this year voided an agreement between the governor and university boards that limited the amount of private money that could be used to supplement state money for a school president's salary.
Christopher Newport board members say they were aware of the change in making the decision to pay Trible $36,000 more than outgoing President Anthony R. Santoro. Trible will take over Jan. 2.
The board voted this week to pay Trible $150,000. The state will pay him $90,355, the same amount Santoro received. But Christopher Newport's private foundation will pay Trible $59,645, compared with the $23,024 it paid Santoro.
Christopher Newport Rector David Peebles said Trible is worth it because he will be asked to take a more active role than other university presidents when it comes to fund raising and serving as a liaison between the university and state and federal lawmakers.
All of the presidents of Virginia's 15 public universities receive money from private foundations to supplement their state pays.
Only one other public college president in the state will receive more private money next year than Trible. Virginia Military Institute Superintendent Josiah Bunting III makes $192,000 per year: $96,947 from the state, $95,053 in private money.
The extra private money given to Trible boosts his salary above the salary of Ronald E. Carrier, who has been president of James Madison University for 25 years. Carrier makes $141,759 - $99,383 from the state, $36,139 in private money, and a one-time bonus of $6,237. James Madison is twice as large as Christopher Newport and offers 23 more bachelor's degrees and 17 more master's degrees than Christopher Newport.
Trible also makes more than Old Dominion University President James V. Koch and at least six others, including longtime presidents Harrison B. Wilson, who has been at Norfolk State University for 20 years, and George W. Johnson, who has been at George Mason University for 17 years, according to a survey this week by the Daily Press in Newport News.
According to a survey this year by the American Association of State Colleges and Universities, Trible's salary will be higher than those of most of his peers nationwide.
The association places Christopher Newport in a category of 64 small public universities offering mostly bachelor's degrees. Of the 47 universities in the group who responded to the survey, the average president's salary was $100,462 for the 1994-95 school year, said association spokesman Steve Grant.
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