BREAKING: Daniels Selected As Purdue University's 12th President

By Rick Howlett

Published June 21, 2012 at 4:29 PM EDT

The Purdue University Board of Trustees has voted unanimously to appoint Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels to be the school's 12th president. He will succeed France Cordova, whose retirement is effective next month.The governor will assume the post when his term ends in January.Purdue, based in West LaFayette, is Indiana's second-largest public university.

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Rick Howlett was midday host and the host of LPM's weekly talk show, "In Conversation." He was with LPM from 2001-2023 and held many different titles, including Morning Edition host, Assignment Editor and Interim News Director. He died in August 2023. Read a remembrance of Rick here.

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