College. After the indenture for the $40,000,000 Duke Endowment was signed in December 1924 by Washington's youngest son, James B. Duke, Trinity College renamed itself to Duke University in honor of Washington Duke, in accordance with the terms of the indenture. Today, a statue of Washington Duke sits on Duke University's East Campus. References Bibliography Durden, Robert Franklin, The Dukes of Durham: 1865–1929, Duke University Press, 1975. North Carolina Historic Sites , North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources Office of Archives & History] Further reading asoldierswalkhome.com library.duke.edu Duke Homestead and Tobacco Factory Duke University biography of Washington Duke Duke Homestead Education & History Corporation W 1820 births 1905 deaths Methodists from North Carolina Philanthropists from North Carolina American slave owners American tobacco industry executives Confederate States Navy officers Duke family Businesspeople from Durham, North Carolina North Carolina Republicans Burials at Memorial Chapel (Duke University Chapel) People from Orange County, North Carolina 19th-century American philanthropists pl:Rocky V#Postacie drugoplanowe