Gee, a two-time president of OSU, was hired last August as a consultant for the center, which Republican lawmakers have characterized as a space to promote “intellectual diversity” and prevent alleged leftist ideology from “replacing the lessons of history.” They began asking him questions about his awareness of a campus doctor’s sexual abuse of student athletes during his presidency; his recent defense of Leslie Wexner, a billionaire and former board chair of OSU whose communications with convicted sex offender Jeffery Epstein are under scrutiny; and his decision to sell OSU’s parking lots to a private equity firm. Another video Byrnes posted shows both Perez—a scholar of American grand strategy, the ethics of war and religion and international politics—and Christopher Green, associate director of the Salmon P. Chase Center, watching at least the end of the interaction between Byrnes and Gee.
Author: kathryn.palmer@insidehighered.com
Published at: 2026-02-11 22:09:51
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