Other leaders
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Comedian Bill Cosby joins his friend,
James B. Duke Emeritus Professor John Hope Franklin, in Cameron
Indoor Stadium, as part of the celebration of the new John
Hope Franklin Center.
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Two new university officers also assumed their posts. Joining us
from Stanford is Vice
President for Institutional Equity Sally Dickson, who succeeds
Myrna Adams. Thruston
Morton III, who left a stellar professional career at J.P. Morgan
and Company, has succeeded Gene McDonald as president of Duke
Management Company, providing stewardship for the university’s
endowments and investments. Also, Jim
Siedow, professor of biology and former chair of Duke’s
academic council, was named vice-provost for research. Professor
Siedow oversees campus-wide research planning, facilitates the movement
of technologies from Duke laboratories to the commercial sector,
and fosters collaboration among units. Expanding partnerships with
other universities and industry is a high priority in Building
on Excellence.
We also welcomed two new members to our board of trustees –
Paula Phillips
Burger of Baltimore and Dr. James Raphael Gavin, III, of Chevy Chase,
Maryland. Both know Duke and the challenges and opportunities
facing the nation’s leading research institutions: Paula from
her days as vice-provost at Duke and her current work as vice-provost
at Johns Hopkins University, and Jim from his leadership at the
Howard Hughes Medical Institute.
The Campaign
Of course, we could not aspire to still greater excellence without
the generosity of many friends. Duke received $264 million in charitable
gifts in the fiscal year that ended June 30, with contributions
from a record 90,000 donors, including 44,000 alumni – also
a new high. The philanthropy of our alumni and friends has enabled
The Campaign for Duke
to reach the $1.5 billion initial campaign goal well ahead of schedule,
prompting the board of trustees to raise the goal to $2 billion
by December 2003 to provide financial support for the strategic
plan. We are indebted to the trustees for their commitment, and
particularly to Peter and Ginny Nicholas, 1964 Duke graduates, for
their leadership of The Campaign for Duke steering committee.
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Duke graduates Michael and Patty Fitzpatrick
gave $25 million to Duke to establish a new national center
for advanced photonics..
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Among gifts announced during the year was a $10
million grant from the Lilly Endowment that will transform the
Divinity School’s approach to theological education. The Learned
Clergy Initiative is designed to attract excellent students
who view the ministry as a fulfilling vocation in which they can
make a real difference in their communities.
A $10
million gift from Anne and Bob Bass, their second such gift
in five years, will provide funds to prepare graduate students for
undergraduate teaching and to expand Duke’s pioneering FOCUS
program, which enables first-year students to join small classes
built around topical themes and taught by some of Duke’s most
distinguished professors.
Duke graduates Michael
and Patty Fitzpatrick gave $25 million to Duke and an equal
amount to Stanford University to establish new national centers
for advanced photonics. In a similarly inclusive spirit, Julian
Robertson, Jr. and his wife Josie, Duke parents, made possible the
Robertson Scholars program, a pioneering academic initiative between
long-time athletic rivals Duke and the University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill. Their $24
million gift has enabled the recruitment and support of extraordinary
students at both schools, and a free bus service between campuses
is stimulating collaborations at every level.
Losses
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Dr. R. Sandy Williams is the new dean of
the School of Medicine and vice-chancellor for academic affairs
in the medical center.
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With all this good news, there was sadness as well. We lost several
members of the extended Duke family this year, including the much-beloved
Mary Johnson
Hart, the widow of Deryl Hart, Duke’s president from 1960-1963.
Graduation was particularly bittersweet with the sudden death of
Professor Herbert Bernstein, an international contract law professor
at Duke for nearly two decades, and Timothy
Russell “Russ” Allen, a master’s in public policy
student, who drowned off the North Carolina coast just days before
he was to graduate and enter Duke Law School.
We will try to be worthy of their memory and the memory of others
who have made lasting contributions to Duke. “When love and
skill work together,” said John Ruskin, “expect a masterpiece.”
With our accomplished and affectionate alumni, superlative faculty,
and talented students, Duke University is just such a masterpiece.
Nannerl O. Keohane
President
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