INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — The Purdue Board of Trustees voted Monday to appoint Mitch Daniels as interim president of Purdue University, effective July 1.

Daniels, Purdue president emeritus and chair of the board of the Purdue Research Foundation, previously served as Purdue’s president for 10 years, from 2013 to 2022. He succeeds Mung Chiang, who will become president of Northwestern University on July 1.

Trustees Chair Gary Lehman said the board is grateful Daniels agreed to return to a role he knows well.

“We are extremely grateful to President Emeritus Dani...