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Douglas Knight, former Duke Univ. President
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 | | From: | James Dunlop | | Subject: | Douglas Knight, former Duke Univ. President | | Date: | Mon, 24 Jan 2005 03:23:25 GMT |
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 | From my alma mater...
http://www.dukenews.duke.edu/news/knight_0105.html
Sunday, Jan. 23, 2005 | DURHAM, N.C. -- Douglas Maitland Knight,
who served as Duke University's fifth president during the
turbulent 1960s, died in Doylestown, Pa., Sunday due to
complications from pneumonia. He was 83.
"Doug Knight was a consummate gentleman and scholar," Duke
President Richard H. Brodhead said late Sunday afternoon. "Duke
emerged from the tumultuous years during which he served as
president as a stronger institution, and the foundation Doug
Knight laid enabled the university to rise in the ranks of the
nation's leading universities today."
"He was a man of great wisdom and generosity, and the university
community mourns his passing."
(see link for full story.)
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