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Julian Deryl Hart (August 27, 1894 – June 1, 1980) served as President of
Duke University Duke University is a private research university in Durham, North Carolina. Founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present-day city of Trinity in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1892. In 1924, tobacco and electric power industrialist James ...
from 1960 to 1963. Previously, he was the Professor and Chairman of the Department of
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at Duke. During his presidency of three years, he planned and initiated programs to enhance the "academic excellence" of the university. For example, he redefined the Office of the Registrar, Undergraduate Admissions, and Development. Faculty salaries increased and the number of distinguished professorships doubled. He also was instrumental in amending the admissions policy to uphold equality regardless of
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, creed, or national origin. Hart's home, the J. Deryl Hart House in
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, serves as the official residence of Duke's presidents.


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Inventory of the J. Deryl Hart Records
University Archives, Duke University

1894 births 1980 deaths Duke University faculty Presidents of Duke University Burials in North Carolina People from Buena Vista, Georgia Burials at Duke University Chapel 20th-century American academics {{US-academic-administrator-stub