Ohio State University (OSU) President E. Gordon Gee announced his retirement today (June 4, 2013), in the wake of a controversy surrounding comments he made criticizing the University of Notre Dame and Catholics, the Business Insider website reports.
Gee made the remarks at an OSU athletic council meeting in December, but his offensive comments on "those damn Catholics" at Notre Dame were made public by an Associated Press story just last week.
Regarding Notre Dame joining the Big 10 conference, Gee said: "The fathers are holy on Sunday, and they're holy hell on the rest of the week. You just can't trust those damn Catholics on a Thursday or a Friday, and so, literally, I can say that."
Gee is 69 years old and has been president of OSU since 2007. His retirement will begin July 1, 2013.
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