After serving more than twenty-eight years as a custodian at Duke Chapel, Oscar Dantzler is retiring. His approach mixing hands-on cleaning with warm welcomes to people of all kinds landed him a spot in the 2009 documentary Philosopher Kings. In 2016, he received Duke’s highest honor for distinguished service, the University Medal, for his caretaking of Duke’s Chapel and its students. In this episode, we take one final tour of Duke Chapel with Oscar Dantzler to get a sense of the work and wisdom that made him such a widely known figure on campus, and beyond, for nearly three decades.
