Article: Thomas Duckenfield Dies; Washington Gas Executive

Thomas A. Duckenfield, 57, vice president and general manager of the D.C. division of Washington Gas Co. and a former president of the National Bar Association, died of meningitis July 31 at Washington Hospital Center.

He worked for the gas company for seven years, starting as assistant general counsel. He was president of the bar association, the largest African American law association, in 1989 and 1990.

Mr. Duckenfield, a native of Richmond, served in the Army Signal Corps in West Germany in the 1950s. He was a graduate of Hampton University and the Georgetown University law school, and he received a master's degree in business administration from Southern Illinois University. He moved ...

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