Jay Rothman, chairman and chief executive officer of Milwaukee-based Foley & Lardner LLP, was appointed Friday as the next University of Wisconsin System president.
The UW System board of regents voted Friday to offer Rothman the position. He begins June 1 and will earn $550,000 annually, according to a UW System announcement.
He will be the system’s eighth president, succeeding current interim president, former Wisconsin Gov. Tommy Thompson.