Former Indiana Senators Evan Bayh and Dan Coats will take on roles at Indiana University Asha Prihar, Indianapolis Star Replay Video UP NEXT Prominent former Indiana politicians Evan Bayh and Dan Coats — both IU alumni and former U.S. Senators — will be appointed to roles at Indiana University, the school announced on Wednesday. Bayh will join the Paul H. O'Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs as an executive at large, and Coats will join the Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International Studies as an ambassador at large, according to a news release from the university. Both will hold the title of "distinguished scholar" and will work together to support a new, one-year joint master's program in international affairs between the schools.