Grantor of the Indenture that established Duke University and Duke School of Medicine
Active years
1856 - 1925
Industrialist and philanthropist who established the Duke Endowment, by which Trinity College was renamed Duke University. A codicil in his will, dated Oct. 10, 1925 -- just ten days before death -- gave $10 million to the Duke Endowment for a medical school, teaching hospital and nurses' dormitory on the Durham campus.