Centennial Spotlights look back at the people who had an impact on Duke in its first hundred years, how they contributed to its meteoric rise and the trajectory they helped to set for the university that has endured through its first centennial and will continue to guide us into Duke’s second century.
Richard Brodhead
As president from 2004 to 2017, Brodhead oversaw and supported myriad university initiatives including a globalization effort that led to the Duke-NUS Medical School, a partnership with the National University in Singapore, and the creation of Duke Kunshan University in China.