Douglas Knight

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Douglas Maitland Knight (June 8, 1921;January 23, 2005) was an American educator, businessman and author. He was a former president of both Lawrence University and Duke University.

Knight was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts and received his degrees in English from Yale University. He taught literature at Yale and became president of Lawrence University in 1953. In 1963, he became president of Duke University.

Knight was an outspoken advocate on gay and civil rights and a member of GLAAD and the ACLU.

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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.
Preceded by
Nathan M. Pusey		 President of
Lawrence University
1954–1963		 Succeeded by
Curtis William Tarr
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