Record #:

33049

Author(s):

Locke, Elizabeth H.

Abstract:

In December 1924, James Buchanan Duke provided forty-million-dollars to fund advances in education, health care, child care and religion in North and South Carolina. During the sixty years that have passed, the fund has grown to nearly six-hundred-million-dollars. This article discusses the Duke family and their endowment.

Source:

We the People of North Carolina (NoCar F 251 W4), Vol. 42 Issue 12, Dec 1984, p32-51, il, por

Subject(s):

Duke, James Buchanan, 1856-1925; Duke University--Endowment