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unusual facts about Helen M. Duncan


Helen M. Duncan

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


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.

Clint Formby

Clint Formby was an older first cousin of state Senator Robert L. Duncan, a Lubbock Republican.

David Duncan

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

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.

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. Meyer

She was appointed to the Supreme Court in 2002 by Governor Jesse Ventura, and was sworn in on August 5 of that year.

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.

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.

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.

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.

W. E. P. Duncan

He joined the Toronto Transportation Commission in 1921, and served in various engineering roles.

Wilma Olson

Wilma Olson was involved in setting up the nucleic acid database, in collaboration with Helen M. Berman.


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