Nation IN BRIEF : NORTH CAROLINA : Duke University Gets 1st Woman President
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Nannerl O. Keohane, a former president of Wellesley College, was inaugurated as the first female president of Duke University. Her inauguration, which included performances by the Duke Chorale and the Duke Wind Symphony, was attended by about 4,500 people. She was president of Wellesley College since 1981. Keohane succeeded President Emeritus H. Keith H. Brodie on July 1. Brodie had been president since 1985.
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