Administrators
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Dean Kristina Johnson
Dean Kristina Johnson came to Duke University from the University of Colorado, Boulder. Educated at Stanford, Johnson began engineering early on, winning first and a second in the physics division at the International Science and Engineering Fair as a high school senior. In addition to academics, Dean Johnson is heavily involved in industry, including among other things founding ColorLink, inc. a manufacturer of color components for high-resolution color projection systems.Learn more about Dean Johnson...
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Duke Student Government
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Vice President of Academic Affairs Jimmy Soni
A Chicago native, Jimmy Soni is a rising senior at Duke University, where he majors in Ethics, a self-designed curriculum focusing on public policy and philosophy. Jimmy has served as chair of the University Honor Council and was recently elected Vice President for Academic Affairs for the Duke Student Government.
He has tutored at-risk youth in Durham middle schools and has worked in low-income communities in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania, helping to raise awareness about human rights. His academic interests include juvenile justice reform, gang violence policy, and education policy, and he has worked as a teaching assistant and research assistant in the Terry Sanford Institute of Public Policy. Learn more about Jimmy Soni...
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Athletes
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Alumni
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President Richard Nixon
President Richard Nixon was the 37th President of the United States and an alumni of Duke. In 1934, he graduated second in his class from Whittier college and the went on to Duke University School of Law, where he received a full scholarship and excelled academically.
At Duke law school, Nixon got a taste of real poverty. The Nixons were middle-class, but they had known tough times. While at Duke, Nixon lived in what amounted to a tool shed. As one might imagine, Nixon ranked high in his law school class. Learn more about President Nixon...
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Featured Person
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Terry Sanford
 Terry Sanford, 6th President of Duke University James Terry Sanford was President of Duke University from 1969 to 1985. Sanford was noted for his progressive leadership in the fields of civil rights and education.
Through a combination of careful attention to the feelings and thoughts of students, shrewd administrative appointments and sound fiscal leadership, Sanford elevated the University from a respected liberal arts institution in the South to one of the nation's preeminent academic powerhouses. In the Allen Building, home of the University administration, just as in the governor's office, he preached the values of education. Education at the University during the Vietnam War, however, encompassed a lot more than chalkboards and grade point averages, and Sanford, who assumed the reins of a tumultuous University in 1969, understood that fact better than anyone else.
Faced with student protests, including Allen Building takeovers, almost from the moment he set foot on campus, Sanford artfully defused the activists' tensions without belittling their interests. He admired the pluck and determination of the protesters and, perhaps more importantly, urged them to learn as they acted. Learn more about Terry Sanford...
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