Quick facts about Duke. For Duke community. Multimedia services. Subscribe to news. Major Gift to Fund Ambitious Health Study. Duke Medicine to use Kannapolis facility to study genes, health and families. By Michelle Gailiun. Monday, September 24, 2007 ... David H. Murdock, owner and chairman of Dole Food Company Inc. and real estate development company Castle & Cooke Inc., has pledged to invest up to $1 billion in Kannapolis for buildings and research at the NCRC. ...