Gov. Mike Braun appoints three new IU trustees

The appointments:

• Marilee Springer from Hamilton County and a partner at the law firm Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath.
• David Hormuth, a physician from Jupiter, Fla.
• Issac White from Wayne County, the new student trustee.

The appointments are effective immediately. Springer and Hormuth have three-year terms. The student trustee has a one-year term.

Tuesday’s appointments were unlike Braun’s three previous appointments to the board, which came after state lawmakers abolished IU alumni elections and gave Braun power to replace any IU trustee at will.

The three new trustees were appointed as part of power the governor had before abolishing alumni trustee elections.