Robert Lee Flowers (November 6, 1870 – August 24, 1951) served as 2nd president of Duke University from 1941 to 1948.

Naval Academy and worked for Trinity College as a professor in electrical engineering and mathematics before becoming an administrator.

He served the university for over sixty years – holding the positions of Treasurer, Vice-President, President, and Chancellor.

His experience and stature were welcome because the demands of a world at war and the strains of transition to a peacetime economy dominated every aspect of university life during his presidency.

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