Lange

Incoming Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center President and Paul L. Foster School of Medicine Dean, Dr. Richard Lange, will be paid $450,000 a year more than UTEP's president but less than most other medical school presidents.

Lange, who will be the first president to lead the campus, is expected to start July 1. His contract expires in 2017.

According to his contract, Lange's base salary will be $450,000 and he will both the president of the health sciences center and the dean of the Paul L. Foster School of Medicine.

Texas Tech Regent Rick Francis said Lange will wear two leadership hats for now.

"As the school continues to grow then we will determine, at the appropriate time, when we should be separating those two positions," Francis said. "And that's when we will decide to hire a dean for the medical school."

In comparison Diana Natalicio, president for the University of Texas at El Paso, receives a base salary of $391,755. William Serrata, president of El Paso Community College, receives a base salary of $250,000 according to his contract.

Manuel de la Rosa, founding dean of the Paul L. Foster School of Medicine, earned $457,930, according to officials with the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center of El Paso.

Prior to Lange's selection as the medical school president, de la Rosa served as the regional dean for the campus, and helped supervise a budget of more than $200 million, according to his biography on the health sciences center's website.

In addition to his base salary, Lange will receive $300,000 in supplemental compensation from either the health sciences center or the El Paso Medical Practice Income plan because he is expected to practice and continue to see patients, officials said.

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Incoming president of Texas Tech Health Sciences Center to earn $450,000 per year