caption death_date death_place predecessor birth_place successor title birth_date term_start image article_title term_end name
a. archives hollis edens , courtesy of the duke university 7 august 1968 atlanta , georgia robert lee flowers willow grove , tennessee julian deryl hart president of duke university 14 february 1901 1949 edens a h.jpg arthur hollis edens
 1960 arthur hollis edens
arthur hollis edens

arthur hollins edens -lrb- february 14 , 1901 -- august 7 , 1968 -rrb- 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 .
