Arthur Hollis Edens

Arthur Hollis Edens
A. Hollis Edens, Courtesy of the Duke University Archives

President of Duke University
In office 1949–1960
Preceded by	Robert Lee Flowers
Succeeded by	Julian Deryl Hart
Personal details
Born	(1901-02-14)February 14, 1901 Willow Grove, Tennessee
Died	August 7, 1968(1968-08-07) (aged 67) Atlanta, Georgia

Arthur Hollins Edens (February 14, 1901 – August 7, 1968) served as President of Duke University from 1949 to 1960. Duke's third president after the school's expansion from college to university, Edens was first president hired from outside the university since 1894, when John C. Kilgo was hired away from Wofford College. An executive with the Rockefeller Foundation and a native Southerner, Edens launched a capital gifts program and a national development campaign. The success of these efforts allowed Duke University to strengthen its endowment and experience a period of great growth during his presidency with the Duke University Union opening, academic units emerging, and the establishment of endowed professorships.^[1]

Notes

↑ Duke's Presidents. Duke University Archives. Accessed on February 14, 2008.

External links

Duke's Presidents
Guide to the Records of A. Hollis Edens, University Archives, Duke University

Presidents of Duke University

Brantley York (1838–1842)
Braxton Craven (1842–1863, 1866–1882)
Marquis Lafayette Wood (1883–1884)
John Franklin Crowell (1887–1894)
John Carlisle Kilgo (1894–1910)
William Preston Few (1910–1940)
Robert Lee Flowers (1941–1948)
Arthur Hollis Edens (1949–1960)
Julian Deryl Hart (1960–1963)
Douglas Knight (1963–1969)
Terry Sanford (1969–1985)
H. Keith H. Brodie (1985–1993)
Nannerl O. Keohane (1993–2004)
Richard H. Brodhead (2004– )

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