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Show Life Sketch of Delbert J. Duncan Given at Club Biographical Sketch of Delbert J. Duncan Delbert J. Duncan, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Duncan, was born in American Fork, Utah, on June 8th, 1895. He attended the elementary and grammar schools of this city and completed the eighth grade in 1910. In that year he won the first gold medal offered by James Martin, Jeweler, for proficiency in spelling. "Bert", as he is best known to people peo-ple of American Pork, graduated from VlicrVi cnVirvil i v, 1 Q 1 V as a member of the first class to graduate from the present high school building. He completed the regular four-year course in three years. Bert entered the University of Utah and graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in 1918, working his way through college by means ot ( part-time employment with the Sail . Lake Telegram and Schramm-John- son, Drugs. Following his graduation gradua-tion he entered military service as a private and had been elevated to a First Lieutenant in the Air Service, ; Aircraft Production Division, at the time of his honorable discharge in February, 1919. At that time he re-pntprpd re-pntprpd t.ho pmni, n.e oi ihjwj ui OUiUcWILlIl- Johnson, Drugs, but left this firm in September, 1919, to enroll in the Graduate School of Business Administration Ad-ministration of Harvard University. He completed the course in this institution in-stitution without financial assistance and received the degree Master of Business Administration with honors in June, 1921. Although Harvard wished to place Bert with R. H. M-acy and Company of New York City at the time of his graduation, he desired to return west and again entered the employ of Schramm-Johnson, Drugs, as Store Manager. Because of his keen interest in-terest in business education, however, how-ever, he left this firm in September, 1924, to accept a position as Instructor Instruc-tor in Business Administration at the University of Colorado. In 1927 he was promoted to Assistant Professor Profes-sor and in 1929 to Associate Professor Profes-sor in the same institution. In 1930 Bert accepted an invitation invita-tion to join the faculty of the School of Commerce of Northwestern University Uni-versity at Chicago and Evanston, Illinois, to take charge of the courses in Retailing. Making good use of his spare time, he completed the requirements re-quirements for the Ph. D. degree in Marketing, and this degree will be conferred upon him this summer From January, 1934, to March, 1935' he served as N R A representative on the Code Authorities of the following fol-lowing industries: Venetian Blinds Commercial Refrigerators, Counter-type, Counter-type, Ice Cream Fiber Wallboard, and others. At the present time Mr. Duncan acts as a general Marketing Counsellor Coun-sellor in addition to his university teaching. He is a member of a number of honorary associations and societies and is now serving as Vice President and Director of the National Association of Marketing Teachers, as well as its program chairman. He is a frequent contributor contri-butor to the literature in his fields of interest and has contributed important im-portant sections to three recent books on Marketing. Furthermore Bert is now engaged in writing his own book on Principles of RetaU Store Management. During the past two years he has been employed in an advisory caiia-city caiia-city by Wieboldt Stores, Inc., a de partment store chain in Chicago At the present moment he has under advisement the acceptance of an invitation to join the Department of Commerce at Washington D c |