Gutmann's base salary increased from
$630,000 to $750,000, about 19 percent.
Gutmann's pay is second-highest among Ivy League presidents,
behind Columbia's Lee Bollinger, who got $1.4 million.
The University of Delaware said Roselle's $2.4 million-plus package
included 17 years worth of deferred compensation accumulated over his
tenure.
Elsewhere in the region, presidential salaries continued to climb.
Ursinus president John Strassburger ranked as the highest-paid in
the survey
among presidents of baccalaureate institutions, at $715,504
in total compensation,
up from $333,721. His pay also includes $355,831
in deferred compensation, school officials said.
Pennsylvania State University president Graham B. Spanier was fifth
among public
universities nationwide, at $590,000 in base pay for
2007-08, up from $545,000.
His total package is $611,367.
Other presidents who received more than a half-million in total
compensation include:
Alfred H. Bloom, Swarthmore, $529,370; and Ann
Weaver Hart, Temple, $572,900.
Total Pay for Local College Presidents
Private: 2006-07
Amy Gutmann, University of Pennsylvania: $1.08 million
Constantine Papadakis, Drexel: $1.02 million
John Strassburger, Ursinus: $715,504
Mordechai Rozanski, Rider: $531,778
Alfred H. Bloom, Swarthmore: $529,370
James T. Harris III, Widener: $445,763
*Nancy J. Vickers, Bryn Mawr: $402,135
*James P. Gallagher, Philadelphia University, $356,603
* Antoinette Iadarola, Cabrini: $349,736
* Thomas R. Tritton, Haverford, $345,092
Jerry Greiner, Arcadia; $277,868
David R. Black, Eastern, $244,011
Rosalie M. Merenda, Neumann, $243,358
Public: 2007-08
*David Roselle, University of Delaware, $2.45 million
Richard McCormick, Rutgers: $666,999
Graham B. Spanier, Penn State: $611,367
Ann Weaver Hart, Temple: $572,900
*Former presidents.
Source: Chronicle of Higher Education survey
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