Leo Warren Jenkins
Leo Warren Jenkins | |
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President/Chancellor of East Carolina University | |
In office 1960–1978 | |
Preceded by | John Decatur Messick |
Succeeded by | Thomas Bowman Brewer |
Personal details | |
Born | Succasunna, New Jersey | May 28, 1913
Died | January 14, 1989 Greenville, North Carolina | (aged 75)
Leo Warren Jenkins (May 28, 1913 – January 14, 1989) was the sixth president and chancellor of what is now East Carolina University in Greenville, North Carolina, United States.
He was born in the
Brody School of Medicine was named for him.[1]
References
- ^ Session 1989 House Joint Resolution 459 - A Joint Resolution Honoring The Life And Memory Of Dr. Leo Warren Jenkins, Former Chancellor Of East Carolina University, North Carolina General Assembly, March 6, 1989. Accessed June 12, 2020. "Whereas, Leo Warren Jenkins was born on May 28, 1913, in Succasunna, New Jersey and was raised in Elizabeth, New Jersey"
External links
- East Carolina University Icons Gallery profile
- Leo Warren Jenkins Papers (#360), East Carolina Manuscript Collection, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University
- Leo W. Jenkins Oral History Interview (#OH0051), East Carolina Manuscript Collection, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University
- Leo W. Jenkins Papers. UA90-06. University Archives, East Carolina University