Eskew re-elected as IU trustee for second 3-year term

IU alumni elected Philip N. Eskew Jr. to a second three-year term as an IU trustee. Eskew, who was first elected in 2006, received 9,173 of the 29,300 valid votes cast, according to an IU press release.

Eskew, 67, earned a bachelor’s degree from DePauw University in 1963 and a doctorate from the IU School of Medicine in 1970.

He is the retired director of physician and patient relations at St. Vincent Hospital in Indianapolis.

He has served the University in several capacities. He is a clinical professor in the department of obstetrics and gynecology at the School of Medicine and a life member of the IU Alumni Association.

Eskew has served as national vice president of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, president of the Carmel Rotary Club, the prematurity medical chair of the March of Dimes and colonel in the Indiana Guard Reserve.

Also, he is president of the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame, according to a press release.

“I knew that I had very strong competition running against me in this election,” Eskew said in a statement. “I think that this is a statement in support of what we as trustees have been working toward at Indiana University.”