Angier Buchanan Duke was a Trustee of Duke University

Duke University

Duke University is a private research university located in Durham, North Carolina, United States. Founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present day town of Trinity in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1892. In 1924, tobacco industrialist James B...

 from 1914-1923, as well as vice president and president of the Alumni Association.

Biography

He was the son of Benjamin Newton Duke

Benjamin Newton Duke

Benjamin Newton Duke was a U.S. tobacco, textile, energy industrialist and philanthropist.-Biography:...

 and Sarah Pearson Angier. He was brother to Mary Lillian Duke, and first cousin to the flamboyant heiress Doris Duke

Doris Duke

Doris Duke was an American heiress, horticulturalist, art collector, and philanthropist.-Family and early life:...

 (1912–1993). He married Cordelia Drexel Biddle (daughter of bank heir Anthony Joseph Drexel Biddle, Sr.) with whom he had two children, Angier Biddle Duke

Angier Biddle Duke

Angier Biddle Duke had a career which included being a diplomat in the United States foreign service.-Biography:Angier Biddle Duke was born November 30, 1915 in New York City....

 (1915-1995) and Anthony Drexel Duke (1918- ). His courtship and marriage were portrayed in a play and in the Disney film The Happiest Millionaire

The Happiest Millionaire

The Happiest Millionaire is a 1967 musical film starring Fred MacMurray and based upon the true story of Philadelphia millionaire Anthony J. Drexel Biddle. The film received an Academy Award nomination for Costume Design by Bill Thomas. The musical song score is by Robert and Richard Sherman...

. In an accident in 1905 he had lost a hand and part of his arm. In 1923 he drowned when a boat overturned and he was unable to get back into the boat because of his missing hand.