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...Stephen M. Wilkins, a manager in the department of sports administration with CPS, knew Duncan well before working under the CEO. The two were raised one block away from each other in Hyde Park. “He grew up in the unlikely scenario,” says Wilkins, “of a kid from a solid middle class background going across the very real racial lines of Chicago to tutor kids eight blocks from where he lived...
...After graduating from University of Chicago Laboratory Schools, Duncan made the move to the east coast and began what would prove to be a difficult first year in Cambridge. Duncan brought his dual passions of sport and education. While at Harvard, he worked under the Phillips Brooks House Association and eventually became a director for Volunteers for Youth. His basketball career, however, got off to a rocky start. “What stands out in my memory is him not making the basketball team,” says Owen. “That was pretty devastating.” After...
...Upon returning to Harvard the following fall, Duncan made the Varsity team and would eventually rise to become captain of the squad. Frank Mclaughlin, head basketball coach at the time, remembers Duncan’s ability to inspire his teammates. “He’s somebody, if you were a coach, you would definitely want on your team because the way he played made everybody else better...
...Throughout his long career on the team, playing alongside Harvard basketball greats such as leading-scorers Bob D. Ferry ’85 and Joe D. Carribino ’85, Duncan remained focused on the social issues that he witnessed growing up in Chicago. In 1986 he took a year off to return to his hometown to write his sociology thesis, eventually titled “The values, aspirations, and opportunities of the urban underclass...
...After Harvard, Duncan played professional basketball in Australia for four years. Though he never hit it big in the NBA as he had originally hoped, basketball nonetheless paved the way for Duncan’s later career. In 1981, John Rogers Jr., CEO of Ariel Capital Management and a former teammate of Duncan’s in a Chicago three-on-three basketball league, offered Duncan a job managing Ariel Community Academy, a charter school funded by the business. From there, Duncan went on to manage the Chicago city parks. He was eventually tapped to run CPS by Paul...