| Name | Institution | State | Institution type | Base pay | Bonus pay | Other pay | Deferred compensation | Nontaxable benefits | Total compensation |
| Bernard Lander* 1 | Touro College | N.Y. | Master’s | $350,844 | $85,000 | $0 | $4,269,390 | $81,596 | $4,786,830 |
| John R. Brazil* | Trinity U. | Tex. | Master’s | $332,824 | $0 | $2,207,096 | $233,057 | $4,676 | $2,777,653 |
| R. Gerald Turner | Southern Methodist U. | Tex. | Research | $534,866 | $264,739 | $1,627,581 | $219,223 | $127,591 | $2,774,000 |
| Nicholas S. Zeppos | Vanderbilt U. | Tenn. | Research | $682,071 | $729,627 | $736,626 | $226,910 | $32,354 | $2,407,588 |
| Steven B. Sample* | U. of Southern California | Calif. | Research | $827,597 | $500,000 | $222,728 | $231,800 | $131,802 | $1,913,927 |
| John L. Lahey | Quinnipiac U. | Conn. | Master’s | $746,043 | $0 | $1,059,367 | $23,000 | $17,017 | $1,845,427 |
| Lee C. Bollinger 2 | Columbia U. | N.Y. | Research | $878,409 | $0 | $12,993 | $518,650 | $343,932 | $1,753,984 |
| Shirley Ann Jackson | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | N.Y. | Research | $795,001 | $160,610 | $143,012 | $526,292 | $30,715 | $1,655,630 |
| Constantine N. Papadakis * 3 | Drexel U. | Pa. | Research | $696,907 | $310,000 | $0 | $574,214 | $44,971 | $1,626,092 |
| Steadman Upham | U. of Tulsa | Okla. | Research | $585,000 | -- | $3,051 | $1,030,165 | $4,013 | $1,622,229 |
| Harold J. Raveché* | Stevens Institute of Technology | N.J. | Research | $601,465 | $285,000 | $29,003 | $606,468 | $59,530 | $1,581,466 |
| Richard C. Levin | Yale U. | Conn. | Research | $965,077 | $50,000 | $165,955 | $328,250 | $20,726 | $1,530,008 |
| John M. Lilley* 4 | Baylor U. | Tex. | Research | $258,333 | $0 | $1,127,392 | $14,040 | $45,608 | $1,445,373 |
| Nancy Cantor | Syracuse U. | N.Y. | Research | $598,758 | $500,000 | $11,970 | $152,214 | $123,522 | $1,386,464 |
| Amy Gutmann | U. of Pennsylvania | Pa. | Research | $859,857 | $0 | $33,173 | $440,000 | $33,974 | $1,367,004 |
| John E. Sexton | New York U. | N.Y. | Research | $1,238,724 | $0 | $95,695 | $23,000 | $9,459 | $1,366,878 |
| Henry S. Bienen* | Northwestern U. | Ill. | Research | $825,000 | $100,000 | $184,774 | $23,000 | $128,411 | $1,261,185 |
| James L. Doti 5 | Chapman U. | Calif. | Master’s | $319,062 | $160,000 | $396,071 | $268,883 | $110,975 | $1,254,991 |
| Richard M. Joel | Yeshiva U. | N.Y. | Research | $732,143 | $0 | $121,508 | $215,500 | $142,278 | $1,211,429 |
| Donna E. Shalala | U. of Miami | Fla. | Research | $822,329 | $50,000 | $73,570 | $25,300 | $206,268 | $1,177,467 |
| Robert J. Zimmer 6 | U. of Chicago | Ill. | Research | $499,616 | $467 | $8,015 | $543,400 | $110,715 | $1,162,213 |
| Walter D. Broadnax* 7 | Clark Atlanta U. | Ga. | Research | $1,149,666 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $8,871 | $1,158,537 |
| John L. Hennessy | Stanford U. | Calif. | Research | $702,771 | $0 | $0 | $259,592 | $129,226 | $1,091,589 |
| J. Robert Kerrey 8 | New School | N.Y. | Research | $594,356 | $0 | $5,285 | $157,958 | $326,720 | $1,084,319 |
| Donald V. DeRosa* | U. of the Pacific | Calif. | Research | $449,863 | $0 | $64,591 | $504,284 | $65,177 | $1,083,915 |
| James W. Wagner | Emory U. | Ga. | Research | $779,041 | $0 | $65,966 | $170,700 | $61,807 | $1,077,514 |
| Jack P. Varsalona | Wilmington U. | Del. | Research | $376,149 | $325,500 | $5,660 | $333,770 | $17,489 | $1,058,568 |
| Robert A. Brown 9 | Boston U. | Mass. | Research | $691,716 | $0 | $47,945 | $30,485 | $273,146 | $1,043,292 |
| David W. Leebron | Rice U. | Tex. | Research | $736,987 | $0 | $55,210 | $139,650 | $86,026 | $1,017,873 |
| Victor J. Boschini Jr. | Texas Christian U. | Tex. | Research | $537,439 | $0 | $287,497 | $50,500 | $130,378 | $1,005,814 |
| *No longer president. | |||||||||
| 1. Died in February 2010. Figure includes $75,000 in nontaxable benefits from a related organization. | |||||||||
| 2. Includes nontaxable housing benefit of $325,000. | |||||||||
| 3. Died April 2009. | |||||||||
| 4. Term ended July 2008. | |||||||||
| 5. Includes nontaxable housing benefit of $102,335. | |||||||||
| 6. Includes nontaxable housing benefit of $98,685. | |||||||||
| 7. Term ended July 2008. | |||||||||
| 8. Includes nontaxable housing and personal services benefit of $320,000, which includes housing-related items such as housekeeping, utilities and gardening. | |||||||||
| 9. Includes nontaxable housing benefit of $257,447. | |||||||||
| Sources: Institutions’ federal tax filings; Chronicle reporting | |||||||||
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