Leo Warren Jenkins

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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. Under his watch, East Carolina gained university status in 1967. When ECU became part of the University of North Carolina System in 1972, Jenkins stayed on as chancellor, retiring in 1978. The Leo W. Jenkins Cancer Center at the Brody School of Medicine was named for him.

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Chancellors and 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
Notable alumni	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 Sergiy Vilkomir Kay Yow
Student life	The East Carolinian Student Government Association WZMB