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Much-loved Duke professor James F. Bonk was one of the longest-serving faculty members at Duke. He passed away in March 2013, but his love for his students lives on: Bonk’s enduring legacy at Duke is as the founding father of “Bonkistry”—the introductory chemistry class that he taught for more than four decades. During his long […]

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