Doc Dorough
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Ted Livesay, Dan Ludwig, Doc Dorough, Anne Malone, Marie Livesay, Pat and Jim Ryan,
Barbara Ewing, Carole Buchwald, Chuck Ewing (hiding), Dan Malone, Don Buchwald.
[SEVA Lunch - OCT 2009]
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Dan Malone, Don Buchwald, Chuck Ewing, Dan Ludwig,
Ted Livesay, Doc Dorough [SEVA Lunch - AUG 2009]
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Doc Dorough and Dan Malone [Bill Welter Funeral - MAR 2009]
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Jim Ryan, Schepps, Carla Hilbert, Dorough [Bill Welter Funeral - MAR 2009]
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Dorough, Jim Ryan, Malone, Ewing [SEVA Lunch - MAR 2009]
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Dorough, Troyan, Ewing [Beast Barracks Roommates - OCT 2008]
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Welter, West , Donna Ludwig, Dorough, Sherry Welter, Elaine West, Barbara Ewing,
Pat and Jim Ryan, Ewing, Buchwald, McCulla, Carole Buchwald, Ludwig,
Joan McCulla, Troyan, Anne and Dan Malone, Marie and Ted Livesay
(not shown: Bob Deardorff) [SEVA Lunch - OCT 2008]
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Ewing, Lucas, Jim Ryan, Buchwald, Malone, Ludwig, Dorough [SEVA Lunch - JUL 2008]
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Dorough, Ryan, Malone, Ludwig
Buchwald, Livesay, Ewing [SEVA Lunch - MAY 2008]
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Welter, Ewing, Buchwald, Ryan, Dorough, Malone [SEVA Lunch - MAR 2008]
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Doc Dorough and Ed Richards '56 (x55) [JAN 2008]
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Bill and Sherry Welter, Doc Dorough [JAN 2008]
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Doc Dorough, Bill Welter, Dan Malone, Ted Livesay, Don Buchwald
[JUL 2007 SEVA Lunch]
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Ewing, Livesay, Welter, Dorough, Jim Ryan, Buchwald, Malone [MAY 2007 SEVA Lunch]
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Ludwig, Buchwald, Welter, Malone, Dorough, Jim Ryan, Ewing [APR 2007 SEVA Lunch]
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Welter, Jim Ryan, Dorough, Malone [JAN 2007 SEVA Lunch]
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Welter, Malone, Dorough, Buchwald
Sherry Welter and Carole Buchwald [JAN 2007 SEVA Lunch]
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Malone, Welter, Dorough [NOV 2006]
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Malone, Pat Ryan, Anne Malone, Dorough, Jim Ryan [JUN 2006]
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Welter, Malone, Dorough [JUL 2006]
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Ewing, Malone, Dorough [JUL 2006]
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Jim Ryan, Malone, Welter, Dorough [MAY 2006]
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Dorough, Welter, Malone, Jim Ryan, Ewing [MAY 2006]
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Jim Ryan, Pat Ryan, Malone, Anne Malone, Dorough [APR 2006]
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Jim Ryan, Dorough, Malone, Lucas, Welter [MAR 2006]
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Dorough, Welter, Malone, Jim Ryan [JAN 2006]
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Jim Ryan, Anne Malone, Welter, Dorough, Sherry Welter
Barbara Ewing, Ewing, Pat Ryan, Malone [DEC 2005]
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Ewing, Jim Ryan, Malone, Welter, Dorough [AUG 2005]
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Pat Ryan, Sherry Welter
Jim Ryan, Welter, Dorough [SEP 2005]
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Dorough, West, Roberts, Dugan, Wing [50th Reunion]
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Wing, Dugan, Welter, Dorough [50th Reunion]
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Welter, Dorough, Auer [APR 2005]
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Welter, Jim Ryan, Malone, Dorough [MAR 2005 SEVA Lunch]
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Front: Ewing, Anne Malone, Jovana Zaborowski, Sherry Welter, Jane Zaborowski
David Zaborowski, Pat Ryan, Jim Ryan, Barb Ewing, Liz Zaborowski, Mike Zaborowski
Back: Malone, Welter, Dorough, Zaborowski [DEC 2004]
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Welter, Ewing, Drummond, Dorough, Malone
[Bulldog's Bachelor Party - NOV 2004]
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Dorough, Ewing, Jim Ryan, Malone, Welter [SEP 2004]
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Dorough, Malone, Hinrichs, Welter, Ewing [SEP 2004]
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Jim Ryan, Ewing, Welter, Dorough, Malone [AUG 2004]
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Welter, Dorough, Pat Ryan, Zaborowski
Jane Zaborowski, Mike Zaborowski, Jim Ryan [JUL 2004]
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Jim Ryan, Welter, Auer, Drummond
Dorough, Malone, Hinrichs [MAY 2004]
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Roades, Malone, West, Jim Ryan
Gunderson, Dorough, Drummond [FEB 2004]
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Dorough, Drummond, Karam, Bundren
Russell, Perkins, Doyle [FEB 2004]
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Dorough, Malone, Drummond, Welter, Jim Ryan [JAN 2004]
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Malone, Dorough, Welter, Jim Ryan [AUG 2003]
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Ewing, Welter, Dorough, Malone [APR 2003]
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Dorough, Drummond, Ewing, Welter
Lucas, Robertson, Malone, Jim Ryan [MAY 2003]
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Welter, Malone, Dorough, Hinrichs [APR 2003]
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Drummond, Dorough, Welter, Malone [2003]
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Helga and Bob Hinrichs, Welter, Malone, Dorough [2001]
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Jeanne and Doc Dorough [1990]
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Burrus, Dorough, Hagedorn, Fontaine, West [1989]
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F - 2
1st Row: Rumsey, Goodwin, O'Brien, Al Edwards, Masson, Worden
2nd Row: Dorough, Symonds, Hilbert, Welter, Lenio, Cummings
3rd Row: Wolfe (CO), Sparks, Matuszak, Wix
4th Row: Bruce MacDonald, Beoddy, Staffen
Biographical Information
Updated [FEB 2008]
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BORN IN THE SMALL TOWN OF FRISCO CITY, ALABAMA, TO A RETIRED FARM FAMILY, DOC SPENT THE FIRST 12 YEARS OF LIFE IN A CAREFREE, BAREFOOT EXISTENCE, RAMBLING ABOUT THE WOODS AND SWIMMING AND/OR FISHING EVERY CREEK IN MONROE COUNTY[MONROEVILLE, COUNTY SEAT, IS BEST KNOWN AS THE SCENE FOR HARPER LEE'S STORY "TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD"]. ENCOURAGED BY THE DUAL MOTIVES OF ESCAPING A LOCAL BULLY AND HAVING THE CHANCE TO STUDY CHEMISTRY[NOT TAUGHT AT THAT TIME IN LOCAL SCHOOLS] DOC WROTE TO 10-12 PREP SCHOOLS ASKING FOR A SCHOLARSHIP. SINCE THE ONLY POSITIVE REPLY CAME FROM GEORGIA MILITARY ACADEMY IN ATLANTA, DOC DULY REPORTED IN JULY 1946, WHERE HE STARTED A WORK PROGRAM BEFORE CLASSES RESUMED IN SEPTEMBER. AFTER FIVE YEARS OF ACADEMICS AND 2-MONTH SUMMER WORK PROGRAMS DOC GRADUATED IN JUNE 1951] AS VALEDICTORIAN[SUMMA CUM LAUDI] IN HIS CLASS. TORN BETWEEN APPOINTMENTS TO WEST POINT AND ANNAPOLIS[GMA PRESIDENT WAS USMA GRADUATE, WHILE HIS SON, THE DEAN, WAS ANNAPOLIS GRAD] DOC MADE THE RIGHT CHOICE. DURING OUR TIME AT THE ACADEMY DOC TENDED TO FAVOR THE "SOFT SCIENCES" AND WAS IMPRESSED WITH FOREIGN SERVICE FOLKS HE MET DURING VISITS TO THE UN AND WASHINGTON. BY GRADUATION DOC HAD DECIDED THAT HE WOULD SWITCH TO THE STATE DEPARTMENT AFTER REQUIRED SERVICE. FIVE YEARS WITH THE AIR FORCE AS INTELLIGENCE OFFICER[AFTER FLIGHT ASCHOOL FAILURE] INCLUDED TOURS AT RAMSTIEN/LANDSTUHL, GERMANY; ETAIN, FRANCE, AND CANNON AD IN CLOVIS, NEW MEXICO. DOC PASSED THE FOREIGN SERVICE TESTS WHILE IN GERMANY AND, WHEN INFORMED IN SEPTEMBER 1960] THAT HE COULD JOIN AN INCOM,ING CLASS, HE RESIGNED HIS REGULAR COMMISSION AND JOINED THE FOREIGN SERVICE. DOC'S GREATEST PIECE OF GOOD FORTUNE WAS MEETING A YOUNG LADY NAMED JEANNE ABBOTT, THEN WORKING FOR STATE, WHOM HE MARRIED IN APRIL 1961]. THE FOLLOWING 27-PLUS YEARS WERE FILLED WITH TOURS IN MEXICO, YUGOSLAVIA[ZAGREB], MOSCOW, AND BRUSSELS, WITH SHORT WASHINGTON TOURS INTERSPERSED. DOC DECIDED TO RETIRE IN FEBRUARY 1987] FOLLOWING TWO YEARS WITH THE US MISSION TO THE EC, INTENDING TO RETURN TO THE US AFTER A BIT OF TOURING. HOWEVER THIS PLAN WAS SHELVED WHEN DOC WAS OFFERED A JOB WITH NATO'S INTERNATIONAL STAFF WORKING ON SOVIET ECONOMICS. ALMOST TEN YEARS LATER DOC LEFT NATO AND FINALLY RETIRED TO WILLIAMSBURG, VIRGINIA, WHERE HE GOLFS 3-4 DAYS A WEEK AND LUNCHS REGULARLY WITH LOCAL CLASSMATES. GOOD FORTUNE AGAIN SMILED ON DOC IN 2007] WHEN HIS DAUGHTER AND BRIT HUSBAND, AND THREE GREAT GRANDKIDS, MOVED TO VIRGINIA BEACH AFTER TWENTY YEARS IN BRUSSELS. THE COMMUTE TO VISIT, NOW ABOUT ONE HOUR, SURE BEATS THOSE 8-10 HOUR FLIGHTS TO BELGIUM. DOC'S YOUNGER DAUGHTER LIVES AND WORKS IN WASHINGTON WHERE SHE ASSISTS WITH COUNSELING STAFF OF IMF, WORLD BANK AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS WHILE COMPLETING HER DOCTORATE IN PSYCHOLOGY. LOOKING BACK JUST PAST THE 75 YEAR MARK, DOC HAS NO REGRETS ABOUT THE PATHS CHOSEN, ESPECIALLY THAT WHICH LED HIM UP THE HUDSON TO USMA. |
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