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3 unusual facts about Donald W. Duncan


Donald Duncan

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

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.


1999 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament

The 1999 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament was held in March at Donald W. Reynolds Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and the only time for now NAIA Tournament.

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).

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.

Donald Duncan

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

Donald W. Davis

As recounted by Louis Uchitelle in his 2006 book The Disposable American: Layoffs and Their Consequences, after relocating to a summer house on Martha's Vineyard, Davis would frequently make the trip to New Britain by ferry and car but started cutting back his visits by the late 1990s as coming face-to-face with former Stanley employees became too painful and "much too personal".

Donald W. Fiske

He was, with Donald T. Campbell, co-author of a landmark paper regarding the Multitrait-Multimethod approach to evaluating construct validity.

Donald W. Lemons

Justice Lemons is the father of model and actress Amy Lemons.

On June 13, 2007, Virginia Senators Webb and Warner announced that they had recommended Justice Lemons, along with four other candidates, to President Bush for nomination to the Court.

Justice Lemons authored the Court's opinion affirming the convictions and death sentence of John Allen Muhammad.

Donald W. McGowan

During his tenure the National Guard successfully mobilized more than 65,000 members during the Berlin Crisis of 1961.

The National Guard also converted its anti-aircraft weapons to Nike-Ajax and Hercules missiles and organized its first Special Forces units.

Donald W. Molloy

He was a law clerk to Judge James Franklin Battin, U.S. District Court, District of Montana from 1976 to 1978.

Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium

The playing field in the stadium is named the Frank Broyles Field, honoring former Arkansas head football coach and athletic director Frank Broyles.

Donald W. Riegle, Jr.

In 1966, Riegle, then 28 years old and a moderate Republican, defeated incumbent Democratic U.S. Representative John C. Mackie to be elected from Michigan's 7th congressional district to the 90th Congress.

Donald W. Tinkle

Tinkle was a student of the renowned herpetologist Fred Cagle, receiving a PhD at Tulane University after conducting studies of freshwater turtles in the southeastern United States with future herpetologist and author J. Whitfield Gibbons as his undergraduate assistant.

Election promise

Nixon told Michigan Republican congressman Donald Riegle that the war would be over within six months of his assumption of office.

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.

James Whitney Dunn

He again ran for Senate in 1988, but was defeated by Democratic incumbent Donald W. Riegle, Jr..

Dunn then lost the general election to the Democrat Donald W. Riegle, Jr..

Jay A. Parry

In April 1998, Parry, along with his brother, Donald W. Parry, published the first installment in their Understanding series, a collection of texts explaining the more difficult concepts of Christian and LDS doctrine through critical analysis and scriptural references.

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.

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.

Duncan was born and raised in rural Chanceford Township in southeastern York County, Pennsylvania, which borders the broad Susquehanna River.

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.

KFSM-TV

It was owned by Donald W. Reynolds who also owned Fort Smith's two major newspapers, the Southwest American and Times Record (later merged as the Southwest Times Record) and KFSA-AM 950.

Lem Van Adams

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

Montgomery County Police Department

However, in December 1994, Edwards was relieved of his position by Montgomery County Executive Douglas M. Duncan, who had taken office that same month, a move which angered the local chapter of the NAACP.

Multitrait-multimethod matrix

The multitrait-multimethod (MTMM) matrix is an approach to examining construct validity developed by Campbell and Fiske(1959).

Museum of Flying

The Mezzanine of the new Museum features a replica of the Douglas Aircraft Company Executive Board room, and a recreation of the office of Donald W. Douglas, Founder & Chairman of the Douglas Aircraft Company.

Raytown Senior High School

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

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.

In 1968, Duncan came back to challenge Senator Morse in the Democratic Senate primary.

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

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.

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.

Smith Center for the Performing Arts

While plans for a new center were initially conceived around 1994, it was a donation in 2005, the second largest donation to performing arts in United States history, by the Donald W. Reynolds Foundation of $150 million, together with a car rental fee to repay bonds of $105 million initiated by Clark County and the State of Nevada, that move the public-private project towards construction.

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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