Gross-Edens Affair Reference Collection, 1960, 1994.

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Gross-Edens Affair Reference Collection, 1960, 1994.

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Contains newspaper clippings, administrative memoranda and correspondence, and committee reports pertaining to an administrative controversy at Duke. Among the people and committees represented are Duke President Arthur H. Edens, Professor Paul M. Gross, chairman of the Board of Trustees Norman A. Cocke, the University Council, and a special committee of the faculty.

approx. 150 items (0.25 linear ft.)

Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7603043

Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Cocke, Norman A. (Norman Atwater), 1884-1974

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Lawyer. From the description of Reminiscences of Norman Atwater Cocke and Grady Rankin : oral history, 1964. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122608516 ...

Duke University

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Edens, Arthur Hollis, 1901-

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Arthur Hollis Edens (1901-1968) had a long career as an educator and administrator. He served as president of Duke University from 1949 to 1960. During that time, Edens focused on fund-raising and long range planning, and oversaw the implementation of a new student union and a University Council for faculty members. From the description of A. Hollis Edens records, 1949-1960. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 53906097 Arthur Hollis Edens was born on ...

Gross, Paul Magnus, 1895-1986.

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Paul M. Gross was Assistant Professor of Chemistry (1919-1920), William H. Pegram Professor of Chemistry (1920-1965), Chair of the Chemistry Department (1921-1948), Dean of the Graduate School (1947-1952), Dean of the University (1952-1958), and Vice-President in the Educational Division (1949-1960) at Duke University. Gross directed Duke University's Office of Ordnance Research (1951-1963) and worked on the Frangible Bullet Project, the largest military research project at Duke University (1941...

Duke University. University Archives

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Richard Halleck Brodhead became Duke's ninth president on July 1, 2004, after a 32-year career at Yale University. In addition to serving as president, he is a professor of English at Duke. Born in Dayton, Ohio, he graduated from Yale in 1968 and received his Ph.D. there in 1972. He then joined the Yale faculty, where he became the A. Bartlett Giamatti Professor of English and American Studies. After serving as chair of Yale's Department of English for six years, Brodhead was named dean of Yale ...