Recollections by David C. Duncan, 1970 June 8.

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Recollections by David C. Duncan, 1970 June 8.

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David C. Duncan writes an autobiographical sketch beginning with his parents' emigration from Scotland to Churchville, New York, in 1889. He describes farm life, early schooling, high school, the lack of playmates, pets, a trip to Scotland and England in 1904, a reception for his friend and cousin Floyd R. Newman in April 1970, meeting, dating, and marrying Mildred Webb, his first graduate assistantship at Purdue University, and their arrival at Penn State in mid-January 1918.

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Duncan, D. C. (David Christie), 1889-1985

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David C. Duncan retired from the Pennsylvania State University as emeritus professor of physics in 1953. From the description of Recollections by David C. Duncan, 1970 June 8. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 33065643 Dr. David C. Duncan was born in Churchville, New York. He received a bachelor's degree in 1911, master's degree in 1913, and Ph.D. in 1924 from the University of Michigan. From 1911 through 1917, he was on the staff of the Purdue U...

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