Leo Warren Jenkins

Leo Warren Jenkins
Jenkins pictured in The Buccaneer 1948, East Carolina yearbook

President/Chancellor of East Carolina University
In office 1960–1978
Preceded by	John Decatur Messick
Succeeded by	Thomas Bowman Brewer
Personal details
Born	(1913-05-28)May 28, 1913 Succasunna, New Jersey
Died	January 14, 1989(1989-01-14) (aged 75) Greenville, North Carolina

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, USA. He was born in the Succasunna section of Roxbury Township, New Jersey and attended Rutgers University, majoring in political science. He enlisted in World War II as a marine, serving during the battle of Guam. Dr. Leo Jenkins joined the faculty of East Carolina Teachers College in 1947 and served as Dean of the school until his election to the presidency in 1960, retiring in 1978. The Leo W. Jenkins Cancer Center at the Brody School of Medicine was named for him.

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Academics

Undergraduate: College of Allied Health Sciences; College of Arts and Sciences; College of Business; College of Education; College of Fine Arts and Communication; The College of Health and Human Performance; The College of Human Ecology; College of Nursing; College of Technology and Computer Science

Athletics

Pirates Clark–LeClair Stadium Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum Baseball Men's basketball Football Men's soccer (defunct)

Campus

Buildings Greenville North Carolina Eastern North Carolina Main Campus Health Sciences Campus Libraries Mattamuskeet Field Station Vidant Medical Center Wahl-Coates Elementary School West Research

Chancellor — Presidents

Robert Herring Wright Leon Renfroe Meadows Howard Justus McGinnis Dennis Hargrove Cooke John Decatur Messick Leo Warren Jenkins Thomas Bowman Brewer John McDade Howell Richard R. Eakin William Muse William Shelton Steven Ballard

People

Alumni Faculty Steven Ballard Marc Basnight Sandra Bullock Randolph Chitwood Pat Dye Billy Godwin Terry Holland Leo Warren Jenkins Jeff Lebo Ruffin McNeill Robert Burren Morgan Emily Procter Billy Taylor Kay Yow

Student life

The East Carolinian Greek life Student Government Association WZMB

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 61378854

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