Daniels elected top Boilermaker

Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels was elected the next president of Purdue University Thursday by the school's board of trustees.

They voted unanimously on a motion to elect the two-term governor the 12th president of the 143-year-old institution, whose sports teams are nicknamed the "Boilermakers," after a yearlong search.

Michael Berghoff, the Purdue trustee who chaired the presidential search committee, said Daniels met with the committee three different times, answered a long list of questions and shared his vision for the institution.

Daniels, the former budget director under former President George W. Bush, considered running for the Republican presidential nomination earlier in the election cycle, but ultimately decided against a bid. He has repeatedly beat back questions over whether he would serve in the No. 2 spot on the GOP ticket.