Nan Keohane
| Nannerl Keohane | |
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Nan Keohane in Cameron Indoor Stadium
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| President of Duke University | |
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In office July 1, 1993 – June 31, 2004 |
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| Preceded by | H. Keith H. Brodie |
| Succeeded by | Richard H. Brodhead |
| President of Wellesley College | |
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In office July 1, 1981 – June 31, 1993 |
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| Preceded by | Barbara W. Newell |
| Succeeded by | Diana Walsh |
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Nannerl Overholser Keohane September 18, 1940 Blytheville, Arkansas |
| Alma mater |
Wellesley College Oxford University Yale University |
Nannerl "Nan" Overholser Keohane (born September 18, 1940, in Blytheville, Arkansas) is an American political theorist and former president of Wellesley College and Duke University. Until September 2014, Keohane was the Laurance S. Rockefeller Distinguished Visiting Professor of Public Affairs and the University Center for Human Values at Princeton University. She is now a professor in social sciences at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, where she is researching the theory and practice of leadership in democratic societies.
Keohane earned her first undergraduate degree in 1961 from Wellesley College, and her second bachelor's degree at Oxford University as a Marshall Scholar. Keohane received her doctorate in political science from Yale University in 1967.
Keohane began her career in academia teaching at Swarthmore College (1967–73), Stanford University (1973–81), and the University of Pennsylvania. At Stanford, she was chair of the faculty senate and won the Gores Award for Excellence in Teaching, the university's highest teaching honor.
Keohane served as eleventh president of Wellesley from 1981 to 1993, while also continuing to teach political science. At Wellesley, she oversaw increased enrollment of minority students, led the expansion of the Sports Center and the construction of the Davis Museum and Cultural Center, and implemented major advances in technology throughout the campus.
Keohane became the thirteenth president at Duke in 1993. During her tenure, she was also a professor of political science, led efforts to increase minority student enrollment, diversified faculty, and oversaw the Women's Initiative. Keohane also helped raise $2.36 billion during The Campaign for Duke, which ended in 2003, making it the fifth largest campaign in the history of American higher education.
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