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M.
Duncan "Duke" Stanton
attended Nott Terrace High
School before
graduating from Linton High
School in 1958. As a high
school student he
earned academic and
activities honors, as well as
the rank of Eagle Scout.
After receiving his B.A. in
Psychology at Alfred
University, and his M.A. in Clinical Psychology at
The George Washington
University, Dr. Stanton was
awarded a Ph.D. in
Clinical/Community Psychology
by the University
of Maryland.
An
international authority on
the family aspects of
substance abuse, Dr. Stanton
was a White House consultant
for four years. In 1977
the National Institute on
Drug Abuse referred to
him as "the World's
expert on the family and
drug abuse." Both a
clinician and a researcher,
Dr. Stanton served full-time
on the faculties of the
University of Pennsylvania School of
Medicine (1972-83) and the
University of Rochester
School of Medicine and
Dentistry (1983-97). He was
Dean of the School of
Professional Psychology and
Social Work, and Vice
President for Academic
Research, at Spalding
University, where he is now
Professor Emeritus.
Dr.
Stanton is one of the most
prolific authorities in the
family/marital therapy field,
having written more than 150
publications and been cited
within such publications as
Newsweek, Time,
Psychology
Today, The Washington
Post and The New York
Times. He has delivered over
500 invited lectures, workshops and
presentations in 27
countries on five
continents, held
appointments at 20
medical centers and
hospitals in 11 cities,
and been an
advisor/consultant to over
90 government agencies,
universities and
organizations around the
world.
Dr. Stanton's survey of drug
use among Army personnel in
Vietnam received national
media coverage (including
three minutes of air time on
"The CBS Evening News With
Walter Cronkite"), and contributed to
his being awarded a Bronze
Star medal. Among the many
honors he has received are a
"Presidential Citation" from
the American Psychological
Association (2001), and the
"Cumulative Contribution to
Family Therapy Research
Award" from the American
Association for Marriage and
Family Therapy (2003). Dr.
Stanton is listed in Who's
Who in Science and
Engineering, Who's Who in
Medicine and Healthcare,
Who's Who in America, and
Who's Who in the World.
Having contributed his
time, energy and expertise
to the communities in which
he has lived, Dr. Stanton is
now directing an NIH/NIAAA
eight-year clinical trial at
The Morton Center in
Louisville, Kentucky. His
active, lifelong efforts to
improve the lives of others
have made him a worthy
inductee into the
Schenectady School District
Hall of Fame.
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