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Presidents Earning the Most Money at Private Research Universities

Research = big bucks. It's a simple equation, really.

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• 1. Wilmington University (DE): Audrey K. Doberstein,* $2,746,241
• 2. Vanderbilt University (Nashville, TN): E. Gordon Gee, $1,171,211
• 3. Cornell University (Ithaca, NY): Jeffrey S. Lehman,* $1,004,034
• 4. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Troy, NY): Shirley Ann Jackson, $983,365
• 5. Boston University (Boston, MA): Aram V. Chobanian,* $945,654
• 6. Stevens Institute of Technology (Hoboken, NJ): Harold J. Raveche, $917,538
• 7. Drexel University (Philadelphia, PA): Constantine N. Papadakis, $886,279
• 8. American University (Washington, DC): Benjamin Ladner,* $881,696
• 9. Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, MD): William R. Brody, $837,016
• 10. New York University (New York, NY): John E. Sexton, $798,989

Source: The Chronicle of Higher Education. These are compensations for 2004-2005 and were reported November 24, 2006. An asterisk indicates the individual was not president at the time the article was written. Reprinted with permission.