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3 unusual facts about David F. Duncan


David Duncan

David F. Duncan (born 1947), epidemiologist and expert on drug abuse

Raytown Senior High School

David F. Duncan,1965 graduate; drug policy advisor to the Clinton White House

Rory Harper

He was one of the founders of Houston's Inlet Drug Crisis Center, where he worked with harm reduction pioneer David F. Duncan.


Acheson J. Duncan

A native of Leonia, New Jersey, he attended Princeton University, where he received a bachelor's degree in 1925, a master's in 1927 and a Ph.D. in economics in 1936.

Besides his work with the Japanese government, Duncan served as consultant to numerous industries and governmental agencies, including the US Army Chemical Corps, Glenn L. Martin Company, and Esso Standard Oil Company.

Duncan spent 13 years on the faculty at Princeton University and three years in the US Army before coming to Johns Hopkins University in 1946 as an associate professor of statistics in the School of Business.

Alan S. Duncan

He held visiting positions at the Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research and the University of Melbourne, where he was the 2002 RI Downing Research Fellow.

He is currently the Bankwest Professor of Economic Policy and Director of the Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre at Curtin University, Australia.

Duncan was awarded the Frisch Medal of the Econometric Society in 2000 for the article Estimating Labour Supply Responses using Tax Reforms (with Richard Blundell and Costas Meghir in Econometrica).

Ben Shneiderman

Shneiderman has been criticized by others for over-promoting technology beyond its effective use, including by David F. Noble.

Carl Isett

Isett was initially elected in House District 84 in 1996 to succeed Robert L. Duncan of Lubbock, who was elected to the Texas State Senate.

David Day

David F. Day (1847–1914), Union Army soldier and Medal of Honor recipient

David F. Alfonso

Additionally in 2011, FIU’s Athletic Department and FIU alumnus Alfonso announced a five-year deal for the exclusive naming rights for the Panther Football team’s home field now called “Alfonso Field at FIU Stadium.

In 2013, creative talent from Soundelux received two Academy Award nominations in the category for Best Sound Editing.

David F. Bice

During 1986-1988, he commanded 3rd Battalion, 8th Marines, 2nd Marine Division.

David F. D'Alessandro

D’Alessandro became a restaurateur in 2006 with the purchase of Ristorante Toscano in the Beacon Hill neighborhood of Boston.

David F. Denison

Denison was the Chair of the Canadian Coalition for Good Governance (CCGG) from June 4, 2009 - June 15, 2011, and a corporate director of since June 23, 2005.

David F. Girard-diCarlo

David F. Girard-diCarlo was nominated as the U.S. ambassador to Austria following Susan McCaw's resignation from the post.

David F. Gordon

His latest book, Managing Strategic Surprise: Lessons from Risk Management & Risk Assessment, co-edited with Ian Bremmer and Paul Bracken, was published in 2008 by Cambridge University Press.

David F. Houston

Houston also served as a director of the AT&T, the Guaranty Trust Company and the United States Steel Corporation.

David F. Musto

David Franklin Musto (January 8, 1936 – October 8, 2010) was an American expert on U.S. drug policy and the War on Drugs who served as a government adviser on the subject during the Presidency of Jimmy Carter.

David F. Noble

In particular, Noble (who is of Jewish descent himself) claimed that there was a connection between alleged "Pro-Israeli influence" on the York Foundation and the university administration's treatment of vocal pro-Palestinian campaigners on campus and to a later-scuttled project to build a Toronto Argonauts football stadium on the campus.

David F. Schmitz

The triumph of internationalism : Franklin D. Roosevelt and a world in crisis, 1933-1941 Washington, D.C. : Potomac Books, 2007 ISBN 9781574889307

David F. Shamoon

Born in India to Iraqi Jewish refugees of the Farhud, Shamoon grew up in India, where he attended Cathedral School in Mumbai (now the Cathedral & John Connon School) and Iran, where he attended Community School, Tehran).

David Friedman

David F. Friedman (1923–2011), American filmmaker (exploitation films)

David Levi

David F. Levi (born 1951), Dean of Duke University Law School (United States) and former U.S. federal judge

Donald Duncan

Donald W. Duncan (born 1930), American soldier and anti-war activist

Donald F. Duncan, Sr. (1892–1971), American toy manufacturer and inventor

Donald W. Duncan

Duncan also presented testimony on what he believed to be American war crimes to the Russell Tribunal in Roskilde, Denmark in November 1967, where he was one of the first three former American soldiers to testify.

Master Sergeant Donald W. "Don" Duncan (born 1930) was a U.S. Army Special Forces soldier who served during the Vietnam War, helping to establish the guerrilla infiltration force Project DELTA there.

FIU Stadium

In April 2011, the field was named Alfonso Field after alumnus David F. Alfonso.

George B. Duncan

As a result of his service in World War I, he received numerous decorations, including the Croix de Guerre with two palms and a star and status as a Commander in the Legion of Honor from France, status as a Companion of Order of the Bath from the United Kingdom, and the Distinguished Service Medal from the United States.

Helen M. Duncan

In her career, Duncan gained a distinguished reputation for her work on fossil corals and Bryozoa.

Henry R. Towne

Noble, David F. America by Design: Science, Technology, and the Rise of Corporate Capitalism.

John Augustus Swope

Swope was elected in 1884 as a Democrat to the Forty-eighth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of William A. Duncan.

John Hancock Insurance

In 2000, led by David F. D'Alessandro, the company "demutualized", meaning that "John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company" formally ceased to exist, and a new company named "John Hancock Financial Services, Inc." came into existence.

John Mihaljevic

In addition to working for and studying under Professor Tobin, Mihaljevic studied under Yale Chief Investment Officer David F. Swensen and Sterling Professor of Economics William Nordhaus.

John-David F. Bartoe

John-David Francis Bartoe (b. November 17, 1944 in Abington, Pennsylvania) is an American astrophysicist.

Johnson K. Duncan

He commanded Forts Jackson and St. Philip at the time of their capture by Admiral David Farragut on April 25, 1862, and became a prisoner of war.

Kearney, Missouri

Kearney was unofficially founded in the spring of 1856 by David T. Duncan and W. R. Cave, and was originally called Centerville.

Kevin R. Duncan

In the 2000s, Duncan served as president of the church's Chile Santiago North Mission and was also the associate international counsel for the LDS Church in South America.

Lem Van Adams

Through the efforts of Teri and her legal colleague Bob Wayne (Christopher B. Duncan), Lem was soon exonerated.

Love Camp 7

It is also the first in the Nazi exploitation (or Nazisploitation) genre of concentration camp movies, including the Ilsa: She-Wolf of the SS (1974) which was produced by David F. Friedman and led to several sequels with Dyanne Thorne as the titular character, and the Italian Nazi Love Camp 27 (1977) and Last Orgy of the Third Reich (1977), the latter of which helped launch Daniela Poggi's show business career.

Modern Motherhood

Originally released in 1934, it would gain fame by being presented in the style of later road show filmmakers such as Kroger Babb and David F. Friedman, as it was presented around the country and typically featured a "Dynamic Sex Lecture" at each performance.

Robert B. Duncan

In the 1966 U.S. Senate election, Duncan was the Democratic candidate for the Senate seat vacated by retiring Senator Maurine B. Neuberger.

Robert Bertrand

Mr. Bertrand refused this offer and the nomination went ahead with Mrs. Duncan-McMillan winning over Ottawa lawyer Richard Mahoney on April 15, 2007.

Robert M. Duncan

Mike Duncan (Robert M. ("Mike") Duncan, born 1951), 62nd Chairman of the Republican National Committee

Seymour W. Duncan

Seymour W. Duncan is a guitarist and guitar repairman, but is best known as the man behind Seymour Duncan Company, the manufacturer of guitar pickups, bass pickups, and effects pedals located in Santa Barbara, California.

He established contact with industry luminaries such as Leo Fender, Les Paul and Seth Lover (inventor of the humbucking pickup) and continued learning about and making pickups.

Teacher Retirement System of Texas

It was made possible thanks to passage of Senate Bill 1846, sponsored by Senator Robert L. Duncan of Lubbock and Representative Vicki Truitt of Southlake.


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