Attention Duke Family Members...

My copy of Duke's Mixture Volume 2, Number 2 arrived 1/20/99.  Page 2 features an article about this web site.  The password protected pages mentioned in the article will be available soon.  I have a month-long honeymoon in Australia and New Zealand   planned for February, so it will probably be March before everything is finished.   Thank you for your patience and VISIT OFTEN.

Henry Nicholson

Association Goals

The Duke Family Association can serve many useful purposes, according to founder Angier Biddle Duke.

First, the organization should be the repository of family records and memorabilia. The Secretariat, particularly Bill King, University Archivist, is prepared to preserve the record of marriages, births, deaths. career and address changes, honors, publications.   Letters and diaries, as well as photographs, could also be included in this central repository as a permanent record for future generations.

The Family Association will encourage our children and grandchildren to attend Duke.   It will assist members with admission procedures, provide information about scholarships currently available and advise on how to apply for them.

A long-term goal, according to Duke, might well be the establishment of a full scholarship for a member's son or daughter in need of financial aid.

He suggested an annual newsletter bringing membership up to date on family activities and news.

Another goal is to plan future family gatherings, perhaps a luncheon or dinner each year and a reunion in three to five years.

He stressed that the association is not a fundraising organization. There will be no annual dues, for example.  However, since we are not subsidized in any way by the university our initial recourse will be to request donations of any amount to cover future mailings concerned with activities or interests of the association.  These donations may be made to the permanent association office and will be gratefully received at 341 Perkins Library, Durham, North Carolina 27706.  This is also the address for any memorabilia you elect to submit. Any questions should be addressed to this office or by calling 919-684-5637.

"One thing that has been overwhelming to me is the number of responses that I've gotten from members of the Duke University faculty and administration as to what an important effort they see this to be, not only for the family themselves, but also for the University You are very tight in stating that no University of our prestige has a family group as large that we can be so proud of…" - John S. Thomas, Vice Chancellor, Duke University