Acheson Johnston Duncan (September 24, 1904 – January 7, 1995) was a 20th-century statistician and an acknowledged authority in the field of quality control.
Duncan spent 13 years on the faculty at Princeton University and three years in the US Army before coming to Johns Hopkins University in 1946 as an associate professor of statistics in the School of Business.
[2] In 1986, an anonymous donor established the Acheson J. Duncan Distinguished Visitor Fund at Johns Hopkins University.
The endowed fund supports an annual visit to JHU and lecture by a scholar in mathematical sciences.
Besides his work with the Japanese government, Duncan served as consultant to numerous industries and governmental agencies, including the US Army Chemical Corps, Glenn L. Martin Company, and Esso Standard Oil Company.