Overview

• The Ohio State University has named Walter "Ted" Carter Jr. as its new president.
• Carter is currently president of the University of Nebraska system and will take office on January 1.
• He will succeed Kristina M. Johnson as OSU's 17th president.
• Carter has experience in education leadership and military service as superintendent of the U.S. Naval Academy.
• The OSU Board of Trustees conducted a national search before appointing Carter without an interim president.