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George W. Bush to visit Purdue University as part of speaker series

President George W Bush will visit Purdue University as part of lecture series with Mitch Daniels.
Courtesy of the George W. Bush Presidential Center
President George W Bush will visit Purdue University as part of lecture series with Mitch Daniels.

Former president George W. Bush will sit for a conversation with Purdue President Mitch Daniels in December, as part of the university’s lecture series.

The event will be the final lecture hosted by Mitch Daniels, who is set to retire at the end of 2022.

In a statement, Daniels wrote that it would be hard to top “the honor of ending this series with the former President of the United States.”

Daniels, who served under President Bush as the White House budget director, used the 43rd President’s nickname for him - “my man Mitch” during Daniels’ campaign for Indiana governor.

The conversation is set to be held on Dec. 6 in the Eliot Hall of Music on Purdue’s campus.

Reserved tickets will become available on Nov. 7.

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Benjamin Thorp is an enterprise health reporter for WFYI and Side Effects Public Media. Before coming to Indiana, Ben was a reporter for WCMU public radio in Michigan. His work has been heard on multiple national broadcasts, including All Things Considered and Morning Edition.
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