COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Environmentalists are intensifying their calls for Ohio State University President E. Gordon Gee to step down from the board of a Richmond, Va.-based coal mining company in advance of the company's shareholder meeting Tuesday.
The 65-year-old Gee has sat on the board of Massey Energy Co. since 2000 and chairs its safety, environmental and public policy committee. Environmentalists view the company's use of the controversial extraction technique known as mountaintop shearing as counter to Gee's public efforts to promote green energy jobs.
Gee has said he believes he can do more good on the board than off it. Company filings show he earned $219,261 in cash and stock from Massey last year and holds 28,191 shares of company stock.
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