Following up with the previous post on Insights, the story on The Journal Gazette's Web site and what we did last year, here's a convenient list of the top salaries paid out by Notre Dame for the fiscal year ranging from July 1, 2007 to June 30, 2008.
All numbers were obtained from the university's Form 990 federal tax form.
All numbers are base compensation without benefits or expense accounts. Keep in mind, too, that this list is just based off the salaries provided by Notre Dame for the Form 990.
| Name | Title | Compensation |
| 1. Scott C. Malpass | Vice President and Chief Investment Officer | $1,457,909 |
| 2. Michael D. Donovan*** | Managing Director of Private Capital Investments | $819,513 |
| 3. L. Tyrone Willingham**** | Former Head Football Coach | $650,000 |
| 4. Michael Brey*** | Head Men's Basketball Coach | $526,757 |
| 5. Charles J. Weis*** | Head Football Coach | $521,750 |
| 6. Muffet McGraw*** | Head Women's Basketball Coach | $515,014 |
| 7. Thomas G. Burish | Provost and Trustee | $481,360 |
| 8. Rev. John I. Jenkins* | President and Trustee | $475,000 |
| 9. John F. Affleck-Graves | Executive Vice President and Trustee | $466,947 |
| 10. Patricia O'Hara** | Dean, Notre Dame Law School | $312,750 |
| 11. Louis M. Nanni | Vice President, University Relations | $301,768 |
| 12. Carol C. Kaesebier | Vice President and General Counsel/Retired Administrator | $288,195 |
| 13. Robert J. Bernhard | Vice President For Research | $281,253 |
| 14t. Christine M. Maziar | Vice President and Senior Associate Provost | $280,750 |
| 14t. John A. Sejdinaj | Vice President of Finance | $280,750 |
| 16. Donald B. Pope-Davis | Vice President and Associate Provost, Faculty Board on Athletics | $279,168 |
| 17. James J. Lyphout | Vice President of Business Operations | $267,030 |
| 18. Hilary M. Crnkovic | Vice President for Public Affairs & Communications | $254,000 |
| 19. James Merz** | Concurrent Professor, Fellow, The Frank M. Freimann Chair In Engineering | $247,957 |
| 20. Jeffrey Kantor** | Professor, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering | $231,102 |
*Amount of Jenkins' salary is paid directly to the Priests of the Holy Cross, per the Form 990
**All were listed in the Former Officers, Directors and Trustees section of the Form 990
***Were listed in the Five Highest Paid Employees, but not Officers, Directors and Trustees portion of the Form 990
****Listed in the Five Highest Paid Employees but not Officers, Directors and Trustees portion of the Form 990, but the payment is a "settlement agreement upon termination of employment with the University," according to language in the Form 990.
