Hugh Gallen’s chief of staff Duncan held the position until 1982. He worked as Walter Mondale’s campaign’s deputy national press secretary in 1984.
And he was chosen by President Clinton and Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt to serve as the chair of the American Heritage Rivers Advisory Committee in 1998.
He co-wrote and co-produced the Ken Burns movies “Country Music,” “Mark Twain, Horatio’s Drive: America’s First Road Trip,” “Lewis & Clark: The Journey of the Corps of Discovery,” and “The National Parks: America’s Best Idea.” Duncan contributed to the Ken Burns television shows “The Civil War,” “Baseball,” and “Jazz.”
A four-hour documentary called “Lewis & Clark: The Journey of the Corps of Discovery” was recently televised. The film got a Western Heritage award and received the second-highest ratings in PBS history.
The four-hour long film “Mark Twain” was a biography of the legendary American author. He earned two Emmy Awards for “The National Parks: America’s Best Idea,” which he authored and produced. He received a Western Heritage Award and a CINE Golden Eagle in 2012 for “The Bust Bowl.”
Dayton Duncan’s net worth is projected to be at $1 million as of December 2022.
