Background
Duel, Ward Calvin was born on March 13, 1924 in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, United States. Son of Myrton M. and Matie Rose (Tidyman) Duel.
Duel, Ward Calvin was born on March 13, 1924 in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, United States. Son of Myrton M. and Matie Rose (Tidyman) Duel.
Bachelor of Science, University of Wisconsin, 1950; postgraduate, Marquette U., 1955-1957; Master in Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, 1959.
Sanitarian, City of Kenosha (Wisconsin), 1951-1959;
branch office manager, Lake County Health Department, Waukegan, Illinois, 1959-1965;
director health, Skokie (Illinois) Department Health, 1965-1968;
director health, McHenry County Health Department, Woodstock, Illinois, 1968-1970;
assistant director public and environmental health, American Medical Association, Chicago, 1971-1981;
chief environmental health, City of Chicago, 1981-1982;
director, Mid-Ohio Valley Department Health, Parkersburg, West Virginia, 1982-1983;
director environmental health, public and mental health, Choctaw Indians, Philadelphia, Mississippi, 1984-1985;
consultant on environmental health to prisons, juvenile detention centers, and mental hospitals in 44 states and District of Columbia, since 1985. Active National Committee on Correctional Health Care. Captain United States Public Health Svc.
Commission Corps Reserve, since 1958. Lecturer in field.
Served in the United States Army, 1945-1946. Fellow American Public Health Association (task force correctional standards). Member American Society of Mechanical Engineers, American Society of Heating, Refrigeration, and Air Conditioning Engineers, National Environmental Health Association (president 1967-1968), Wisconsin Environmental Health Association (president 1957-1958), Illinois Environmental Health Association (president 1964-1965), American Correctional Association, American Jail Association (national Studies. committee since 1993).
Married Madelyn Mae Kressin, October 1, 1950. Children: Ward Rick, Christine Selma, Roxanne Matie, Beth Dawn.