Judge, Tennessee 5th Judicial District, Blount County Circuit Court
Biography
David R. Duggan, Blount County circuit judge, is the author of the book, Alcoa: A Century in Words and Pictures. He also co-authored Alcoa and Maryville in Arcadia Publishing’s Images of America series. He is Alcoa city historian, a former Blount County Library board chair, and lay representative, a Sunday School teacher, and church historian at Alcoa First Methodist Church. He serves as lay leader of the MidSouth Annual Conference of the Global Methodist Church (GMC), and he is a member of the GMC’s global Ecumenical Relations Commission. He chaired the City of Alcoa’s 75th Anniversary and Centennial Committees. Named to the Daily Times Alumni Wall of Fame in 2010, he received the Blount Historic Trust Champion Award in 2015. He also received, in 2018, a Community History Award, and in 2022 an Award of Distinction, from the East Tennessee Historical Society. He is president and a director of the Faith and Family Coalition, Inc. He serves as a member of the executive committee of the Knoxville chapter of the Federalist Society. Duggan also serves on the Mr. P Foundation board. Alcoa High School’s lyceum is named in his honor.
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