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DUNCAN, GLENDALE EDUCATOR.


Byline: Jennifer Hamm Staff Writer

GLENDALE - Longtime Glendale educator and community activist Charles ``Chuck'' W. Duncan has died. He was 70.

Duncan was born in Redding Redding, city (1990 pop. 66,462), seat of Shasta co., N central Calif., on the Sacramento River; inc. 1872. A principal tourist center for a mountain and lake region, it also has lumbering, food-processing, and diverse manufacturing. , moved to Glendale when he was in the fifth grade, and graduated from Hoover High School Hoover High School may refer to any of the following:
  • Hoover High School (Alabama), Hoover, Alabama, made famous by the MTV show Two-A-Days
  • Hoover High School, North Canton, Ohio
  • Hoover High School, Glendale, CA
. He attended Glendale Community College Glendale Community College can refer to one of two colleges in the United States.
  • Glendale Community College (Arizona)
  • Glendale Community College (California)
 before receiving bachelor's and master's degrees from other local universities.

In 1952, he began teaching at Columbus Elementary and later worked as principal at Franklin, Valley View and Keppel elementary schools. Between 1971 and his retirement in 1992, he was a district administrator and served as director of educational planning, as well as director of personnel services.

Duncan was also involved in a number of community groups, including Glendale Gateway Kiwanis, Glendale Regional Arts Council and Verdugo Hills Visiting Nurse vis·it·ing nurse
n.
A registered nurse employed by a public health agency or hospital to promote community health and especially to visit and administer treatment to sick people in their homes.
 Association.

Duncan and his wife, Beverly, moved to northern San Diego County in 1999. Last November, he was elected to the local college's board of trustees board of trustees Politics The posse of thugs who oversee an institution's administration. See Board of directors.  but was able to attend only one meeting before his death on Dec. 25.

In addition to his wife, Duncan is survived by his brother Don; sons Bob and Dave; daughters Dee Dee and Laurie; and four grandchildren.

Memorial contributions can be made to West Glendale/Gateway Kiwanis Foundation, 206 N. Jackson St., Suite 200, Glendale 91206.
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Publication:Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
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Date:Jan 4, 2001
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