Obituary: J.B. Fuqua, a Major Donor to Duke U.
April 10, 2006
J.B. Fuqua, the founder of a multibillion-dollar electric corporation and one of Duke University’s biggest donors, died Wednesday in Atlanta of complications from bronchitis, reports The New York Times. He was 87.
Mr. Fuqua gave Duke nearly $40-million and the university’s school of business bears his name.
