Of all Jeannette Rinehart’s many interests, her most cherished pastime involves learning anything and everything about lemurs. Rinehart graduated from Duke University in 1951 and received a bachelor of arts in sociology. She moved to Hagerstown, Maryland, before the Duke Lemur Center opened in 1966. “The Duke Lemur Center was not there when I was […]

J.J. Yates ’50 has never asked for anything, not even a dime. Despite humble beginnings, he sought to create his own path and future with the hopes to share what he had with others someday. When Yates was 20 years old, he enlisted in the U.S. Army and served in World War II and was […]

Duke was a very different university when Mary Robinson ’49 arrived from Ashtabula, Ohio. It was September 1945, just weeks after World War II ended. Women students were housed on East Campus, men on West. Women were not allowed to have cars—or men in their classes for the first two years. The Giles Residence Hall […]

Becoming the first person in his family to go to college was a distinction Jack Boyd ’85 didn’t take lightly.  He still remembers the excitement of his first day at Duke, from meeting his roommate to attending his first dorm meeting.  That was the moment a realization hit him: attached to his new independence and […]

Dean Sue Wasiolek ’76, M.H.A. ’78, LL.M. ’93, is a fixture on Duke’s campus.  A familiar face to generations of Duke alumni, she is known for her easy-going nature, dedication to the Duke student body, and an incredible recollection of Duke’s history. Dean Sue, as she is affectionately called, is the assistant vice president for […]

“So much of what I have experienced in life has been related to Duke, either directly or indirectly,” said Dean Sue Wasiolek ’76, M.H.A. ’78, LL.M. ’93, assistant vice president for student affairs and dean of students.  In gratitude for Duke’s lifelong influence on her student experience and 37-year career, Dean Sue has made a […]