Background
Emrich, Duncan Black Macdonald was born on April 11, 1908 in Mardin, Turkey. Son of Richard Stanley Merrill and Jeannette (Wallace) Emrich.
Emrich, Duncan Black Macdonald was born on April 11, 1908 in Mardin, Turkey. Son of Richard Stanley Merrill and Jeannette (Wallace) Emrich.
Student Phillips Andover Academy, 1922-1926. Bachelor of Arts, Brown University, 1932. Master of Arts, Columbia, 1933.
Doctor en Letras, U. Madrid, 1934.
Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard (Shattuck scholar, Austin fellow), 1937. Postgraduate U. Aix en Provence, Sorbonne, U. Cologne, Escuela de Estudios Arabes.
Graduated from Command and General staff schedul, Fort Leavenworth, 1943.
Assistant Professor of English, U. Denver, 1940-1942. Chief Archives American Folksong, Library Congress, 1945-1946, chief folklore section, 1946-1955. Cultural relations attache American embassy, Greece, 1956-1958.
Consul, cultural affairs officer American Consulate General of Calcutta, India, 1959-1962.
Near East analyst United States Information Agency, 1962-1964. Public affairs officer American embassy, Lome, Togo, 1964-1966.
Desk officer, former French West African colonies United States Information Agency, Washington, 1966-1969. Professor American folklore American University, Washington, from 1969.
Weekly National Broadcasting Company radio broadcasts on folklore, 1953-1955.
United States representative International Folk Music Council, London, International Folklore Conference, Paris.
Served as major Army of the United States, 1942-1945. Guggenheim fellow, 1949-1950. Fellow National Council Religion Higher Education.
Member Parnassos Society (honorary, Athens, Greece), Hellenic-American Union (founder), Indo-American Society (founder).
Married Sally R. Selden, November 20, 1955.