Doug was one of the reasons I loved law school as much as I did. He was the heart and soul of our Summer Starter section - the one who organized the infamous Summer Starter bowling league, wrote the almost over-the-top end-of-semester skits, presided over many a circle in the quad, and made sure that everyone -- including an awkward and uncertain farm girl from Leslie, Michigan -- was included in all the fun.
Doug and I stayed in touch after graduation, even between reunions. I visited him in New York when he was an associate at a doomed law firm; in Ann Arbor, when he went back to graduate school and at reunions; in Nova Scotia, where he and his vivacious wife Linda bought a vacation house on a whim while they were on their honeymoon; in Philadelphia, when he was with the Institute for Higher Education Research at Penn; and in Athens, with Linda and their son Jack, where he ended his career as a professor at the University of Georgia. 
I'm posting a couple of pictures - one from our 20th reunion in November 2009 outside Krazy Jim's Blimpy Burgers. Doug wanted to get a Blimpy before the game, and led a group of Summer Starters along with him. And one from law school that I'm borrowing from Andrew McDonald. Doug is in the back row, second from the right.The Chronicle of Higher Education published a very nice remembrance here.
Rest in peace, my friend. You will be missed.
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