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14 Cards in this Set
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1838-1842
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Brantley York – principal of Brown's Schoolhouse and Union Institute.
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1842-1882
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Braxton Craven – principal of Union Institute before he was 20; president of Normal College and Trinity College.
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1883-1884
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Marquis Lafayette Wood – only alumnus to be elected president.
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1887-1894
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John Franklin Crowell – first non-southerner to be president. He reorganized the curriculum, introduced football to the campus, and persuaded trustees that future development lay in an urban setting, thus moving the school from rural Randolph County to Durham, a fast growing city of the "New South."
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1894-1910
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John Carlisle Kilgo – increased interest of the Duke family in Trinity College; raised academic standards.
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1910-1940
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William Preston Few – oversaw transition from Trinity College to Duke University; established Phi Beta Kappa chapter on campus in 1919.
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1941-1948
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Robert Lee Flowers – instituted ROTC.
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1949-1960
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Arthur Hollis Edens – increased fund-raising efforts.
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1960-1963
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Julian Deryl Hart – doubled the number of distinguished professorships, raised faculty salaries, amended the admissions policy affirming equity of opportunity regardless of race, creed, or national origin.
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1963-1969
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Douglas Maitland Knight – oversaw building of the art museum and an addition to Perkins Library.
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1969-1985
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Terry Sanford – was governor of NC from 1961-65, a US senator from 1986-1993, and a professor of the Sanford Institute of Public Policy, which bears his name, until his death in 1998.
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1985-1993
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H. Keith Brodie – oversaw the Capital Campaign for the Arts and Sciences with a goal of $200 million; he came to Duke in 1974 as Chairman of the Psychiatry Department. In honor of Dr. Brodie and his wife, the remodeled Memorial Gym on East Campus was renamed the Keith and Brenda Brodie Recreation Center.
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1993-2004
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Nannerl O. Keohane – was inaugurated on October 23, 1993. During her presidency the University has seen the completion of the LSRC, the Sanford Institute, The Freeman Center, the Wilson Recreation Center, and the WEL (later renamed Keohane Quad); as well as the formation of a new residential life policy that was implemented in the fall of 1995. She was inducted into the Women’s Hall of Fame in 1995. She oversaw the Campaign for Duke, which raised $2.36 billion.
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2004-present
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Richard H. Brodhead – became Duke's ninth president on July 1, 2004 after a 32-year career at Yale University, where he served as Dean of Yale College for 11 years. Has overseen the completion of the Von der Heyden Pavilion, the Nasher Museum of Art and Bostock Library, as well as renovations to Perkins Library. Started DukeEngage, a student civic engagement program started with initial grants totaling $30 million.
Lead Duke's Financial Aid Initiative to surpass goal of $300 Million. Launched Duke Forward, a capital campaign to raise $3.25 billion for the University, in 2012. |
