Robert Lee Flowers
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Robert Lee Flowers (1870-1951) served as president of Duke University from 1941 to 1948. Flowers graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy and worked for Trinity College as an Professor in electrical engineering and mathematics before becoming an administrator. He served the university for over sixty years - holding the positions of Treasurer, Vice-President, President, and Chancellor.[1]
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- ^ Duke's President's. Duke University Archives. Accessed on December 11, 2006.
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| Presidents of Duke University* |
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| 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 Maitland Knight (1963—1969) • Terry Sanford (1969—1985) • H. Keith H. Brodie (1985—1993) • Nannerl Overholser Keohane (1993—2004) • Richard H. Brodhead (2004—) * The institution was not officially established as Duke University until 1924. |
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