MILWAUKEE — Carolyn “Biddy” Martin was formally approved as next chancellor of UW-Madison at a Board of Regents meeting here on Thursday.
Martin, the current provost of Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y., was recommended as the next leader of Wisconsin’s flagship university by UW System President Kevin Reilly and a Board of Regents search committee, led by chair David Walsh, on May 29.
On Thursday, the full board unanimously approved Martin during a closed session.
Although Martin will take a cut in base salary to come to Madison, she will be the first UW-Madison chancellor to make more money than the leader of the UW System as a whole — in this case, President Kevin Reilly.