Presidents

Question 1

Brantley York (1838-1842)

Answer 1

Principal of Brown’s Schoolhosue and Union Institute

Question 2

Braxton Craven (1842-1882)

Answer 2

Principal of Union Institute before he was 20; President of Normal College and Trinity College

Question 3

Marquis Lafayette Wood (1883-1884)

Answer 3

The only alumnus ever elected President

Question 4

John Franklin Crowell (1887-1894)

Answer 4

First non-southerner to be president. Reorganized the curriculum, introduced football to the campus, and persuaded trustees to move the school from Randolph County to Durham, a fast-growing city in the “New South.”

Question 5

John Carlisle Kilgo (1894-1910)

Answer 5

Raised academic standards and increased the Dukes’ interest in Trinity College

Question 6

William Preston Few (1910-1940)

Answer 6

Oversaw transition from Trinity College to Duke University; established Phi Beta Kappa chapter in 1919.

Question 7

Robert Lee Flowers (1941-1948)

Answer 7

Introduced ROTC

Question 8

Arthur Hollis Edens (1949-1960)

Answer 8

Increased fundraising efforts

Question 9

Julian Deryl Hart (1961-1963)

Answer 9

Doubled the # of distinguished professorships, raised faculty salary, amended the admissions policy affirming equity of opportunity regardless of race/background

Question 10

Douglas Maitland Knight (1963-1969)

Answer 10

Oversaw building of the art museum and an addition to Perkins library

Question 11

Terry Sanford (1969-1985)

Answer 11

Governor of NC from 1961-1965, and a Senator from 1986-1993; Professor @ Sanford Institute until death in 1998.

Question 12

H. Keith H. Brodie (1985-1993)

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Oversaw the Capital Campaign for the Arts+Sciences with goal of $200 million; came to Duke in 1974 as Chair of Psychiatry Department. Remodeled Memorial Gym renamed for him and his wife.

Question 13

Nannerl O. Keohane (1993-2004)

Answer 13

Oversaw completion of LSRC, the Sanford Institute, the Freeman Center, the Wilson Recreation Center, the WEL (renamed Keohane Quad after); oversaw new residential life policy in 1995; inducted in Women’s Hall of Fame; oversaw Campaign for Duke that raised $2.36 billion.

Question 14

Richard H. Brodhead (2004-present)

Answer 14

Became President on July 1, 2004. He was at Yale for 32 years, dean of Yale college for 11 of them. Oversaw completion of Von Der Heyden Pavillon, the Nasher, Bostock Library, and renovations to Perkins; started DukeEngage whose initial grants were $30 million.