After two hours behind closed doors, Robert L. Caslen Jr. was elected the 29th president at UofSC in an 11-8 vote this past Friday, July 19. Caslen will assume the role on Sept. 16, making $650,000 annually.

Who is Bob Caslen?

A former three-star Army general and superintendent of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point.
He holds two master’s degrees: business administration from Long Island University and a Master of Science degree in industrial engineering from Kansas State University.
As of January 2019, he was hired on by the University of Central Florida in Orlando as their chief accountability officer.
He is married with three sons (of which are a captain in the Army, a firefighter, and an FBI agent) and has four grandchildren.
What does he say he’ll do for UofSC? “I will listen.”

Click here to read more about Robert L. Caslen Jr. in the University’s official announcement.