Duke University
Duke University is a prestigious private university in
Durham, North Carolina. It is named for the Duke family, which made its money in the
tobacco and energy businesses (see
American Tobacco Company and Duke Power).
The university has two schools for undergraduates - Trinity College of Arts and Sciences and the Pratt School of Engineering.
Duke University also has several graduate and professional schools: the Nicholas School of the Environment, the School of Medicine, the School of Nursing, the Fuqua School of Business, the School of Law, the Divinity School, and the Graduate School.
The school's sports teams are called the Blue Devils. They compete in the NCAA's Division I-A, and in the Atlantic Coast Conference. Duke's major historic rival, especially in basketball, has been the Tar Heels of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Famous students
Chief Executives
Union Institute:
- 1838-1842: Brantley York, President
- 1842-1851: Braxton Craven, President
Normal College:
- 1851-1859: Braxton Craven, President
Trinity College:
- 1859-1863: Braxton Craven, President
- 1863-1865: William Trigg Gannaway, President Pro Tempore
- 1866-1882: Braxton Craven, President
- 1883-1884: Marquis Lafayette Wood, President
- 1887-1894: John Franklin Crowell, President
- 1894-1910: John Carlisle Kilgo, President
- 1910-1924: William Preston Few, President
Duke University:
- 1924-1940: William Preston Few, President
- 1941-1948: Robert Lee Flowers, President
- 1949-1960: Arthur Hollis Edens, President
- 1960-1963: Julian Deryl Hart, President
- 1963-1969: Douglas Maitland Knight, President
- 1969-1985: Terry Sanford, President
- 1985-1993: H. Keith H. Brodie, President
- 1993-2004: Nannerl O. Keohane, President
- 2004-: Richard H. Brodhead, President
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