Arthur Hollis Edens, Date of Birth, Date of Death
TweetArthur Hollis Edens
American academic
Date of Birth: 14-Feb-1901
Date of Death: 07-Aug-1968
Profession: academic
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Aquarius 
About Arthur Hollis Edens
- 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.
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