BIOGRAPHIES

• DOI: http://doi.org/10.1111/j.174-1617.1967.tb01129.x
• Published date: 01 June 1967
• Date: 01 June 1967

CIOCRAPH

I

ES

BEN

HOFFMAN

Mi.

Hoffman was

born

on

Jzrlruary

20,

1908,

in Chicago, Illinois, and

came

to

Cali-

fornia

in

1943,

settling

in

San Iliego.

In

19S0,

he

came

to

Lm

Angeles.

Mr.

Hoffman obtained his PhE De-

gree

from

Loyale

University, Chicego, June

1938.

He

received

his

khstet’s

Degree (Social Service

Administration)

from

Northwestern University,

Evanston, Illinois, in June 1342. Khile it1 the

School

of

Social

Work,

lie spent

3

semesters

of

in-

ternship

at

the

Institute

of

Juvenile Rcsearch.

Chicago. Mr. tloffman

olso

tool(

postgraduate work

at

USC

io

1960

and

at

UCLA in

1962

and

1964.

He

came

to

the Conciliation Court

as

a

Marriage

Counselor

in November

1965,

with

a

rich

and

diverse professional beckground, which

included

the

following:

10

years

as

a

Social

Cese-

worker and Medical Social Worker in

I’ublic

Wel-

fare and

Child

Wclfere; one pear

as

a

field

repre-

sentative of the California Department

of

Social

Welfare;

6

years

as

n

supervisor Rnd later

on,

as

an

administrator

of

R

Short-Contoct Family Agency;

8

years

as

Executive Director

of

the

Adoption

Insti-

tute of

Los

Angeles;

5

years with the Public Ilcelth

Deportment

as

a

Social

Worker nnd Social

Work

Consultant. In addition

to

his rasework expcricnce,

Mi.

Hoffman

also

has many

ytv~rs

of

experience

as

a

Group Therapist and Co-Tticrapist.

His profcr,sionitl affiliations include

membership in the National Association of Social

Workers, Academy

of

Ccrtificd

Social

Workers,

and

he hotds

a

California

Stntc

1,ir:cnse

as

a

Marriage,

Family and Child Counselor.

blr.

Iloffman

has

also

contributed to professional

litcrnture.

IIe

married in

Jiinc

1937,

has

R

mar-

ried

daughter and

is

the

grandfsitiier

of

two children.

RUSSELL

E.

I3EHKLEY

Mr.

[jerkley

ohtnined

his

AB

l1eRrc.c

(Sociolopy)

rrl

UCLA in 1947.

Ilc

sutscqucnlly

en-

tered the School

of

Soci;il

Wclfnre,

l3crkclcy,

Cnli-

fornio, recciving his

Mister’s

IlcErct-

in

Social

Work in

1950.

Ilis

profcssioti;il

cxpctic*iirc in-

cludes

one

yvcnr with

the

Ides

hiy:~Ies

Coiinfy

13ur-

enu

of

Puhlic

Assistance,

ant1

1’111~1

ir

\klfai~

Com-

mission;

8

years with

the

Veterans’ Administration

ot

Long

Bcnch

8s

a

Clinical

Social

Worker;

6

years

with

the

Long

Dc.ach

Vamilp Counscling Service,

a

Coninunity

Chest

Agency. While

employed

at

the

Long

Iteach Agency,

tte

cngap,ed in

a

great

deal

of

marriage

counseling, including couples

whom

the

Coticiliation

Court

refelred for ongoing marriage

counseling.

In

ilddition

to

Itis

expcriene

in

agency

settings,

MI..

Berlt1r.y

engaged in the practice

of

marriage counselinp,

OR

a

private practitioner

for

5

yeara.

Mt.

Rcrkleycame

to

the Conciliation

Court

;IS

a

Marriage Counselor in November

1965.

He

served

with

tlir

United States Armed Forces in

World War

11,

in the Pacific

area,

Mr. Berkley

is

marricd,

has

two

sons,

tcges

7

and

11.

LEOLA

A.

DUCKETT

Mrs. Duckctt‘s educational back-

ground includes

o

13s

Degree

from the University

of

Wisconsin,

as

well

as

a

Mister’s Degree

id

Social

Work,

from

the Scliool

of

Sociol

Work,

Atlanta

University..

Her

professional career, prior

to

coming

to

ihc

Conciliation Court

as a

Marriage

Counselor, in November

1965,

includes Public

Wclfare

experience, bath in Family and Child

Wel-

fare. The latter experience was

gained

in

Clayton,

Missouri,

where

slie

was

Student Supervisor. This

was followed

by

crnploymcnt

as

a

Coseworket

for

Famil\,

and Childrcn’s Services of

Greater

St.

Lo

ti

i

I;.

After

coming

to

Los

Angcles in

1952,

she served

ns

it

Cnscworker

for

thc

Los

Angclcs niircnu

of

Adoptions.

While

employcd

for

that agency,

she

was

in charge

of

the Inglewood

Branch for six

ycnrs.

Mrs.

Duckott

is

(1

memher of the

Acadcmy

of

Certified Social Workt.rs,

and

is

a

licensed Marriiigc. I’iimily and Child Counselor in

C

if1

i

forn

i

R.

Shc

is

marricd

and

has

two sons.

The

oldest son

is

n

Rrnduiite

of

the University

of

SoutIrrrri California, majoring in

1nnguq:e;

the

t*ouiiy.c*st

son

~:rnclii:itctl

from

UCLA

with

a

Iltgrc*c

in

ICIwti

iciil

t5nf;intcring.

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