Washington Duke later used his influence to have Trinity College (in current-day Trinity, N.C.) moved to Durham where it opened a new campus in 1892. In 1896, he gave $100,000 to the struggling college on the condition that it open admittance to women.
It was renamed in his honor in 1924, becoming the famed Duke University, home to all those NCAA basketball championships at the Cameron Center. And, occasionally they have good football teams. Plus, there are the high standards and medical school.
Washington Duke, who died in 1905, has since been reinterred at the Memorial Chapel at Duke University.
I'll be writing about Trinity, N.C. later today in my RoadDog's RoadLog Blog.
--Old B-Runner
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