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| Richard H. Brodhead, dean of Yale College and the A. Bartlett Giamatti Professor of English at Yale University, was named Duke University's ninth president on Dec. 12, 2003. Brodhead is an expert in 19th-century American literature and a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He officially succeeded Nannerl O. Keohane on July 1, 2004. Keohane stepped down after 11 years in the presidency to return to teaching and research. |
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| Victor J. Dzau, M.D., a distinguished physician-scientist and academic and administrative leader at Harvard Medical School and the Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, became Duke University's chancellor for health affairs on July 1, 2004. Dzau succeeded Ralph Snyderman, M.D., who announced in March 2003 his plans to step down after 15 years as the university's senior medical official. The chancellor for health affairs also serves as the president and chief executive officer of the Duke University Health System (DUHS). |
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| Also assuming a new post on July 1, 2004, was George L. McLendon, new dean of the faculty of Arts and Sciences at Duke. McLendon, Russell Wellman Moore Professor of Chemistry and chair of the chemistry department at Princeton University, succeeded William H. Chafe, a historian who has served as dean since 1995. Chafe returned to full-time teaching and research in July. |
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Duke welcomed three new voting members to its Board of Trustees:
David Gergen, of Cambridge MA, professor of public service at Harvard University and director of the Center for Public Leadership at Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government and editor-at-large at U.S. News & World Report; Andrew C. Nurkin T'03, of Atlanta, a "young trustee"; Michele M. Sales T'78 and L'81, of Issaquah WA, immediate past president of the Duke Alumni Association. |
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