EAST LANSING, Mich. -- Former Michigan Gov. John Engler will donate his salary while serving as Michigan State University's interim president amid fallout over a now-imprisoned sports doctor who sexually assaulted female athletes.
The university's Board of Trustees said Wednesday that Engler's annual salary will be $510,399, "a rate $1 lower than the next-lowest Big Ten Conference University president." His contract was finalized this week, but he agreed his salary would go back to the school in East Lansing.
Engler has not yet decided to which part of the university he will donate his salary.
His predecessor, Lou Anna Simon, resigned in January amid criticism of the university's handling of issues related to Larry Nassar.