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Mitch Daniels

American politician and academic administrator (born 1949)

Mitch Daniels

Daniels in 2009

In office
January 14, 2013 – December 31, 2022
Preceded byFrance Cordova
Timothy Sands (acting)
Succeeded byMung Chiang
In office
January 10, 2005 – January 14, 2013
LieutenantBecky Skillman
Preceded byJoe Kernan
Succeeded byMike Pence
In office
January 20, 2001 – June 6, 2003
PresidentGeorge W. Bush
DeputySean O'Keefe
Nancy P. Dorn
Preceded byJack Lew
Succeeded byJoshua Bolten
In office
October 1, 1985 – March 1, 1987
PresidentRonald Reagan
Preceded byEd Rollins
Succeeded byFrank Donatelli
In office
March 26, 1985 – October 1, 1985
PresidentRonald Reagan
Preceded byLee Verstandig
Succeeded byDeborah Steelman
Born

Mitchell Elias Daniels Jr


(1949-04-07) April 7, 1949 (age 75)
Monongahela, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
Spouses

Cheri Herman

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Daniels came to Purdue University at the conclusion of his term as the 49th Governor of Indiana. He was elected Governor in 2004, in his first bid for any elected office. He was re-elected in 2008, receiving more votes than any candidate for any public office in the state’s history.

During his first term, Governor Daniels spearheaded a host of reforms aimed at improving the performance of state government. These changes and a strong emphasis on performance measurement have led to many state agencies, including the Bureau of Motor Vehicles, Department of Child Services and Department of Correction winning national awards.

In 2005, he led the state to its first balanced budget in eight years and, without a tax increase, transformed the nearly $800 million deficit he inherited into an annual surplus of $370 million within a year. The governor also repaid hundreds of millions of dollars the state had borrowed from Indiana’s public schools, state universities and local units of government in previous administrations, and reduced the state’s overall debt by 40 perc

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Mitchell Elias Daniels Jr.

49th Governor of Indiana (2005 - 2013)
President of Purdue University (2013 - 2022)

Recognized as one of 50 "World's Greatest Leaders” by Fortune Magazine, Mitch Daniels has worked to better the lives of his fellow Americans through his time as a businessman, Governor, White House Budget Director, and University President.

Though, we would be remised to not mention his adventures raising four daughters - Meagan, Melissa, Meredith, and Maggie - with his wife Cheri, who now have seven grandkids.

But most of all, he is a model of leadership that challenges each of us to make our state, nation, and world—and the lives of the people around us—better than we found them.

 

“I will urge that our purpose be bold, that if we err, we err on the side of action, of movement, of experiment. And that our aim be high.”

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  • Mitchell E. Daniels, Jr. served as a two-term governor of the state of Indiana from 2004 to 2012 and as the 12th president of Purdue Universit

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