inclusive of 103% of his at-risk pay, and a $250,000 retention bonus. End of Presidency Daniels was replaced by Dr. Mung Chiang as President of Purdue University effective January 1, 2023. As Daniels left Purdue, he openly explored a run for the U.S. Senate but ultimately declined, saying in a statement, "...it’s just not the job for me, not the town for me, and not the life I want to live at this point...some people seek public office to be something, others to do something. My one tour of duty in elected office involved, like those in business before and academe after it, an action job, with at least the chance to do useful things every day. I have never imagined that I would be well-suited to legislative office, particularly where seniority remains a significant factor in one’s effectiveness, and I saw nothing in my recent explorations that altered that view." One month after Daniels departure from Purdue, the university's trustees named the business school the Mitchell E. Daniels, Jr. School of Business. The trustees had previously announced that State Street, a major campus corridor Daniels renovated, would be named Mitch Daniels Boulevard. That announcement was made at street festival in which hundreds waited to greet Daniels and bid him farewell. Board service In February 2013, Daniels was asked to co-chair a National Research Council committee to review and make recommendations on the future of the U.S. human spaceflight program. Daniels also co-chairs a Council on Foreign Relations Task Force on NonCommunicable diseases. In March 2013, Daniels was elected to the board of Energy Systems Network (ESN), Indiana's industry-driven clean technology initiative. In June 2015, Daniels was elected to serve on the board of directors for Indiana software company Interactive Intelligence (ININ) until its sale to Genesys . In July 2015, Daniels became a co-chair of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. In November 2016, Daniels was elected to serve on the board of directors for Norfolk Southern Corporation. Electoral history Authorship Honors Woodrow Wilson Award, Princeton University (2013) Order of the Rising Sun, 2nd Class, Gold and Silver Star (2017) See also List of governors of Indiana References External links Purdue University President Mitch Daniels Purdue University site |- |- |- |- |- |- |- 1949 births 21st-century American politicians American people of English descent American people of Scottish descent American people of Syrian descent American politicians of