UD’s Curran among  top-paid college execs

Of presidents at Ohio’s private schools, he ranks second, report finds.

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By Dave Larsen, Staff Writer 12:19 AM Thursday, November 5, 2009

DAYTON — Daniel J. Curran, president of the University of Dayton, is the second highest-paid private university president in Ohio, according to a survey of university leaders by the Chronicle of Higher Education.

Curran received $495,570 in compensation in fiscal year 2008, according to data published Monday, Nov. 2, by the Chronicle.

Curran’s pay in 2007-2008 was $365,720, with an additional $129,850 in benefits and deferred compensation, the Chronicle reported.

Curran ranked second to Barbara R. Snyder, president of Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, who received $548,919 in total compensation.

Toni Murdock, chancellor of Antioch University, which operates Antioch University McGregor in Yellow Springs, ranked 12th among Ohio’s 18 private college and university leaders. Murdock received total compensation of $298,436, according to the Chronicle.

The Chronicle looked at 419 U.S. private, nonprofit colleges with $50 million or more in annual expenditures.

The salary data comes from IRS 990 tax forms filed for the 2007-2008 academic year, the most recent available.

A record 23 presidents received more than $1 million in compensation in fiscal 2008, according to the data.

A total of 110 presidents reported total compensation of more than $500,000.

The median pay for the colleges included in the analysis was $358,746, an increase of 6.5 percent from the 2006-07 fiscal year.

Presidents at private research universities had a median pay of $627,750, an increase of 15.5 percent.

“Dr. Curran’s compensation package is competitive in the marketplace when compared to the salaries and benefits offered at other national research universities,” said Teri Rizvi, UD spokeswoman.

UD is the largest private research university in Ohio, with a total enrollment of 10,908 undergraduate and graduate students.

Case Western, also a private research university, has a total enrollment of 9,738 students.

According to the National Science Foundation, UD ranks second among private universities in Ohio in science and engineering research behind Case Western.

A companion survey of public-college presidents will be published in January.

Contact this reporter at (937) 225-2419 or dlarsen@DaytonDailyNews.com.

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