Thomas K. Hearn Jr. (July 5, 1937 – August 18, 2008) was the twelfth president of Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Hearn served as president from 1983 to 2005, which is the second-longest tenure in the university's history. During Hearn's time as president he oversaw the transformation of the school from a regional Southern Baptist college into one of the nation's premier independent universities.[1][2]
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