serves on the board of trustees of the Carnegie Corporation of New York and the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s National Security Higher Education Advisory Board. Under his leadership, Duke’s investments strengthened K-12 public education, funded several new community health clinics, and spurred downtown renewal and neighborhood revitalization through the Duke-Durham Neighborhood Partnership. He was also involved in shaping the strategic direction of the Research Triangle Park of North Carolina. On April 28, 2016, Brodhead announced that he would end his tenure as Duke's president on June 30, 2017, then take a one-year sabbatical before returning to academia as a writer and instructor. Duke lacrosse case Brodhead's actions during the Duke lacrosse case proved controversial after three members of the nationally ranked men's lacrosse team were falsely accused of raping a stripper hired to perform at a team party off campus on March 13, 2006. Brodhead originally stated on March 25, 2006, that "our students must be presumed innocent until proven otherwise," but later reneged on the statement after pressure from Duke faculty. He then also stated without regard to the evidence that "whatever they did is bad enough", while talking about the horrors of sexual assault and racism in society. Brodhead canceled the remainder of the 2006 season shortly after the Athletic Director fired Duke's lacrosse coach Mike Pressler. Student body president Elliott Wolf opined that Brodhead faced a public perception "that [Duke] simply washes its hands of students". On December 20, 2006, Brodhead stated that "the DA's case will be on trial just as much as our students will be". On January 3, 2007, Brodhead invited the accused students back to Duke as students in good standing and members of the lacrosse team even though they still faced charges. On April 11, 2007, the N.C. Attorney General's Office dropped all charges against the players, declared them innocent, and called them victims of a rogue prosecutor's "tragic rush to accuse". Later, Brodhead apologized in a public forum for the university's "failure to reach out" in a "time of extraordinary peril". Brodhead and more than 30 other individuals were named as defendants in the lawsuit filed in 2008 by the unindicted members of the lacrosse team. Notes Presidents of Duke University Duke University faculty Yale University faculty Yale College alumni Phillips Academy alumni People from Dayton, Ohio 1947 births Living people People from Fairfield, Connecticut American university and college faculty deans