Richard Halleck Brodhead (b. 1947), currently ninth president of Duke University, is a scholar of 19th-century American literature and an educator. 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1947 calendar). ... Duke University is a private coeducational research university located in Durham, North Carolina, US. The school, which officially became Duke University in 1924, traces its institutional roots to 1838. ...

Early life and education

Brodhead was born in 1947 in Dayton, Ohio. His family moved to Fairfield, Connecticut when he was six years old, where he attended public schools. He went on to attend Phillips Academy, where his high school classmates included Dick Wolf and George W. Bush. Brodhead graduated from Yale College in 1968 (summa cum laude with Highest Distinction in the English major). During his senior year at Yale was tapped for membership in the secret society Manuscript and was granted a Ph.D. in English from Yale Graduate School in 1972. He met his wife, Cynthia Degnan, while both were graduate students at Yale. 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1947 calendar). ... Nickname: Gem City Coordinates: Country  State   County United States  Ohio   Montgomery Founded Incorporated April 1, 1796 1805 Mayor Rhine L. McLin Area    - City 146. ... Fairfield is a town located in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. ... {{Infobox Private School| background = #f0f6fa| border = #ccd2d9| name = Phillips Academy| image = | motto = Non Sibi (Not for Ones Self) Finis Origine Pendet (The End Depends Upon the Beginning)| established = 1778| type = Private, Boarding| religion = none| head_name = Head of school| head = Barbara L. Chase| city = Andover| state = MA| country = USA| campus... Richard A. (Dick) Wolf, (born December 20, 1946, New York City), is one of American television’s most respected drama series creators and is an Emmy Award-winning producer. ... George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is an American businessman and politician, was elected in 2000 as the 43rd President of the United States of America, re-elected in 2004, and is currently serving his second term in that office. ... Yale redirects here. ... Latin honors are Latin phrases used to indicate the level of academic distinction with which an academic degree was earned. ... A secret society is an organization that requires its members to conceal certain activities—such as rites of initiation—from outsiders. ... Manuscript Society, founded in 1952, is the youngest of the landed secret societies at Yale University. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... This article is about the institution of higher learning in the United States. ...

Career at Yale

After receiving his Ph.D. in 1972, Brodhead was appointed an assistant professor of English at Yale. In 1980, he received tenure and was named Director of Undergraduate Studies in English. By 1985, he had been made a full professor was named Chairman of the English department. A very popular professor, his classes on 19th-century America literature were often delivered to overflowing lecture halls.^{[citation needed]} He was appointed Dean of Yale College in 1993 and served until 2004. A professor is a senior teacher and researcher, usually in a college or university. ...

During his deanship at Yale, Brodhead was widely popular with both faculty and students and was known a brilliant speaker and an involved and dedicated dean. Together with current Yale President Richard C. Levin, Brodhead oversaw a major curricular review at Yale. Richard Charles Levin (b. ...

In this role, Brodhead was also involved in the controversy surrounding efforts by graduate student-employees (GESO) to unionize. In December 1995, GESO began a grade-strike, which ultimately failed when the Yale administration refused to concede to their demands.[1] Members of the Yale administration--including Brodhead--were accused of blacklisting involved students, but those allegations were never proven in court.[2] The Graduate Employees and Students Organization (GESO) is an unrecognized union of graduate teachers and researchers at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut. ... The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view. ... A blacklist is a list or register of people who, for one reason or another, are being denied a particular privilege, service, or mobility. ...

Career at Duke

He left New Haven in 2004 to become President of Duke University, succeeding Nan Keohane. Nickname: The Elm City Location in Connecticut Coordinates: Counties New Haven County Mayor John DeStefano, Jr. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Nannerl Overholser Keohane is an American political scientist. ...

Brodhead suffered difficult first day as university president. That day, Duke's star basketball coach, Mike Krzyzewski announced that the Los Angeles Lakers had offered him $40 million to become their new coach. Brodhead averted crisis when Krzyzewski decided to stay at Duke. Mike Krzyzewski Michael William Mike Krzyzewski ( /ˌʃəˈʃɛfski/, sha-SHEF-skee) (born February 13, 1947 in Chicago, Illinois), often referred to as Coach K, is the head coach of the Duke University mens basketball team. ... The Los Angeles Lakers are a professional basketball team based in Los Angeles, California, who play in the National Basketball Association (NBA). ...

One month into his tenure as president, the campus was scheduled for a conference by the Palestine Solidarity Movement (PSM). While this led to vociferous opposition, Brodhead approved the conference, citing free speech and the desire for improved dialogue regarding this contentious issue.[3] Freedom of speech is the right to freely say what one pleases, as well as the related right to hear what others have stated. ...

Worker's rights became an issue when Duke began to outsource hospital laundry services to Angelica Corporation. This led to complaints that the university was avoiding the responsibility of providing a living wage for people who do work for the university. Despite demands by student activists organized in the Duke chapter of United Students Against Sweatshops, Duke refused to enter the dispute; Angelica later settled with the UNITE HERE, the union representing the workers, with no input from the university. Angelica has continued its work with Duke. Living wage refers to the minimum hourly wage necessary for a person to achieve a basic standard of living. ... United Students Against Sweatshops. ... UNITE HERE is a result of a 2004 merger of two North American labor unions: the Union of Needletrades, Industrial, and Textile Employees (UNITE) and the Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees Union (HERE). ...

The Duke lacrosse scandal has been an ongoing source of controversy. In it, three members of the nationally-ranked lacrosse team were accused of sexual assault. Brodhead has been accused of being unsupportive of the team by some observers; they cite his cancellation of the 2006 season, his forcing the resignation of the coach, and his criticism of the "lacrosse culture" on campus. Other observers believe that he and the Duke administration have been overly tolerant of athletes on a campus in which almost all of the men's and women's varsity teams are annually ranked among the best in the country. Brodhead has spoken relatively little about the controversy--which remains an open felony investigation with three current indictments--preferring to have committee heads outline their perspectives on the situation. The 2006 Duke University lacrosse team scandal began in April 2006 when three members of Duke Universitys mens lacrosse team were accused of raping female stripper Crystal Gail Mangum during a party held at the residence of two of the team captains. ...

Brodhead announced a $300 million financial aid campaign in late 2005. Its goals are to ensure continued need-blind admissions and meeting 100% of students' demonstrated need.[4]