Description: Sporting a Purdue black-and-gold tie, university President Mitch Daniels addresses the Fish Fry audience.

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Description: Keynote speaker Steve Inskeep reflects for a moment while addressing the crowd of 1,500. Inskeep, of Carmel, Ind., is host National Public Radio’s “Morning Edition.”

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Description: Recipients of the Purdue Agricultural Alumni Certificates of Distinction pose for a group photo after receiving their awards at the Fish Fry.

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Description: Jay Akridge, Glenn W. Sample Dean of Agriculture, highlighted the PICS (Purdue Improved Cowpea Storage) program that is gaining acceptance in Africa as a way to reduce weevil damage to cowpeas.

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Description: Jay Akridge, Glenn W. Sample Dean of Agriculture, surprises former Lt. Gov. Becky Skillman with a lifetime ticket to the Fish Fry.

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Description: With one exception at the right of the photo, the younger crowd chose to watch videos and participate in supervised activities in the Marsh Blue Ribbon Pavilion while their parents attended the Fish Fry there.

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Description: Recording artist Levi Riggs, BS '07, got the Fish Fry off to a great start with his rendition of “The Star-Spangled Banner.”

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Description: Mauri Williamson (right, with President Mitch Daniels), former executive secretary of the Purdue Ag Alumni Association, knows a thing or two about the Fish Fry. He has attended every one since 1951.

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Description: As governor of Indiana, Mitch Daniels was no stranger to the Fish Fry. But the 2013 version was the first time Daniels walked in the procession of dignitaries as the Purdue University president, which he became in January.

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Description: New Purdue football coach Darrell Hazell takes a swing at Purdue’s bass drum under the watchful eye of athletics director Morgan Burke (second from left) and Purdue All-American Marching Band member Aurie Swartz (far left) of Charlestown, Ind.

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Description: Purdue President Mitch Daniels (left) chats with three Certificate of Distinction honorees before the start of the Fish Fry, including (from left) Tom McKinney of Tipton, Ind.; Levi Huffman of Lafayette, Ind.; and Dick Reel of LaPorte, Ind.

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Description: Karen Plaut (left), the Purdue College of Agriculture associate dean and director of agricultural research, moderates a discussion between the panelists and the audience during the Ag Forecast.

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