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

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

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