Jay Rothman, chairman and CEO of Foley and Lardner LLP, will succeed interim president Tommy Thompson as the 8th president of the UW-System.
The unanimous decision by the UW Board of Regents Friday ends an 18-month spell where the position was not filled permanently. Rothman will begin his appointment as president starting June 1st and receive a $550,000 annually.
Rothman is a former Marquette undergraduate before earning his law degree at Harvard Law School. Rothman has been chairman and CEO of Foley & Lardner since 2011 and has been a member of the firm’s Management Committee since February 2002.