Duncan, D. C. (David Christie), 1889-1985
David C. Duncan recollections, 1970 June 8.
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.
Ph.D. (1924), University of Michigan. Professional experience includes: physics department, Purdue University (1911-1917); assistant professor of physics, professor, acting head of physics department, Pennsylvania State University (1918-1953).
Duncan, D. C. (David Christie), 1889-1985
Pennsylvania State University -- Faculty.
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Pennsylvania State University. Libraries. Special Collections Division. University Park, PA 16802, USA