Harvey “Doug” Douglas 122 Knotts Landing Anderson, SC 29626 864-222-0160 ddouglas122@aol.com Spouse:
Jeanine Smigielski Douglas, retired from Market Facts Chicago, Sr. VP Toledo University Grad, married September 5, 1997
Children:
Kendal, born in Columbus in 1963, is a meat cutter in Toledo Bryce, born at Whiteman AFB in Missouri, is a caregiver in Toledo
Grandchildren:
Aren (15) and Danielle (10)
I received my BA from Otterbein and MBA from University of Missouri. My first assignment as an AFROTC grad was Laughlin AFB in Del Rio, TX, followed by a two-year stint at Goose Air Base in Labrador. The final six years of my ten year commitment was at Whiteman AFB in Missouri in the ICBM missile business, where I was awarded the Air Force Commendation Medal. I loved the service, but we couldn’t turn down the early-out offer. I joined Nation Family Opinion in Toledo in 1975 and enjoyed doing market research with them until 1986, when I was hired by the Landis Group out of West Palm Beach. It was here that my degree and research modeling techniques came into use. Two years later, I started my own satisfaction research consulting company called Information Insights TM with my main service being The Brand Satisfaction Monitor TM . It was fun and hard work being my own boss. In the ‘90s, following my divorce from Anita, my Otterbein bride, I began to split my time between investing/trading in the stock market and providing satisfaction research. Good timing because you couldn't lose in the ‘90s. It was a time when I married my best friend, Jeanine Smigielski who was raised in Maumee, OH, who also worked at NFO and was living in Chicago. Jeanine had invited me on a business trip with her to South Africa where, after we were chased by an elephant while on Safari at Ngala, I asked her to marry me....oh and she said yes. It was a lucky decade and made me a very lucky man not only in love but in the stock market. We have become incredible life and living partners. We semi-retired to Anderson, SC, on Lake Hartwell in 2000 and have never looked back as we opened many new doors of life, living and giving. The "semi" part of retired ended quickly as we absolutely filled our lives with boating, swimming, golf, mentoring, organic gardening and singing. We went on stage to include roles in The Music Man (I was bass in the quartet as I was at Zeta Phi), My Fair Lady, The Sound of Music, Cinderella and Hello Dolly. We are in three choirs and I get to sit next to one of my best friends, two-time Grammy winner Johnny Mann. My barbershop quartet sings about 25 to 35 shows a year. Those shows having to do with cancer awareness or fundraising are done at no charge. Cruz Control—I am second from left