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Replay: Purdue President Mung Chiang, Walter Jordan and Stu Schweigert on LIVE

Karpick_headshot500x500by:Alan Karpick•02/17/23•

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Mung Chiang

In today’s show our first segment is with Purdue’s 13th president Mung Chiang. Discussion will be focused on his vision for Purdue athletics and much more as he is now in his seventh week as Purdue’s top administrator having succeeded Mitch Daniels on Jan. 1, 2023. More on Chiang here.

Click this link to watch a replay of today’s show…

In the final segment (segments two and three are combined today, we welcome about-to-be inducted Purdue athletics Hall of Fame members Walter Jordan and Stuart Schweigert. Jordan, Schweigert and five other inductees will be honored on Saturday night in a ceremony on campus.

More on the Athletics Hall of Fame from the Purdue release:

“Purdue Athletics has unveiled the Class of 2022 inductees to the newly named Leroy Keyes Purdue Athletics Hall of Fame, with this latest grouping of Old Gold & Black standouts entering under the legendary namesake of one of the greatest Boilermakers of all-time.
 
Leading the way into the Hall of Fame is a former member of the Purdue Men’s Swimming & Diving team who went on to become the longest-tenured athletic director in school history; the late Morgan Burke. The former leader of Purdue Athletics (1993-2016) oversaw several notable Boilermaker successes, including two national titles (women’s basketball, 1999; women’s golf, 2010) and 20 regular-season Big Ten Conference championships.
 
“This class of inductees is especially significant in that they are the inaugural group in the newly named Leroy Keyes Purdue Athletics Hall of Fame,” said Vice President and Director of Intercollegiate Athletics Mike Bobinski. “While being inducted into our hall of fame has always been a significant accomplishment, it’s even more distinctive from this class forward as we honor the memory of Leroy Keyes, a legendary Boilermaker who impacted the University and the lives of so many individuals in such positive ways. Included in the very distinguished Class of 2022 is Morgan Burke, our long-time athletics director and someone who worked tirelessly to position Purdue Athletics and generations of student-athletes for success. We’re immensely proud of all these inductees and look forward to celebrating their legacies and accomplishments with family, friends and the Purdue community in February.”
 
Along with Burke, the Class of 2022 includes Camille Cooper (women’s basketball, 1998-2001), Walter Jordan (men’s basketball, 1975-78), Joe Corso (wrestling, 1974-76), Darlene (Warta) Renie (women’s swimming & diving, 1987-90), Stuart Schweigert (football, 2000-03), Lauren Sesselmann (soccer, 2001-05) and Alex Yunevich (football, 1929-31).

Special thanks to our sponsors Triple XXX Family Restaurants and State Farm Agent Trent Johnson for making it happen. Also, we are thankful for the work of Gordon Jackson and the folks at WLFI TV-18 for producing the livestream show.

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