Family of William Preston FEW and Mary REAMEY THOMAS

Husband: William Preston FEW

	William Preston FEW, "William Preston Few"

Wife: Mary REAMEY THOMAS

Child 1: Kendrick S. FEW

Child 2: Randolph Reamey FEW

Child 3: Lyne Starling FEW

Child 4: William FEW

Child 5: Yancey Preston FEW

Note on Husband: William Preston FEW

William Preston Few (1867—1940) was the first president of Duke University and the fifth president of its predecessor, Trinity College.

Few received his B.A. from Wofford College, Class of 1889, where he was a member of the Chi Phi Fraternity. He also received a Ph.D. from Harvard University. He joined the faculty of Trinity College in Durham, North Carolina in 1896 as a professor of English. He became dean in 1902 and president in 1910.

In 1924, he presided over the transformation of Trinity College into Duke University, and was president of the renamed university until his death in 1940.