Business Stories to remember from 2021: LSU hires first Black president By Deanna B. Narveson - December 28, 2021 LSU President William Tate (File photo) FacebookXLinkedinEmailPrint The LSU Board of Supervisors in May selected University of South Carolina Provost William F. Tate IV to be LSU’s next president and the first Black leader in the university’s history. He moved… Already an INSIDER? Sign in.