Overview
- Northwestern selected Purdue president Mung Chiang as its 18th president in a Monday announcement, with his term set to begin July 1.
- He will follow interim leader Henry Bienen, who has served since Michael Schill stepped down in September.
- Purdue’s Board of Trustees said it will name an interim president in the coming weeks and praised Chiang’s leadership.
- Chiang is an engineer and former Princeton professor who led Purdue’s engineering college, expanded research and enrollment, and backed a campus move into Indianapolis.
- He said his wife, Dr. YingKei Hui, will serve as an internal medicine physician at Northwestern Memorial Hospital, reflecting Northwestern’s close tie to its health system.