Arthur Hollis Edens

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Arthur Hollins Edens (1901-1968) served as President of Duke University from 1949 to 1960. An executive with the Rockefeller Foundation and a native Southerner, Edens launched a development campaign for the university. The university experienced a period of great growth during his presidency with the Duke University Union opening, academic units emerging, and establishments of endowed professorships.[1]

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  1. ^ Duke's President's. Duke University Archives. Accessed on December 11, 2006.

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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—)

* The institution was not officially established as Duke University until 1924.
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