Background
McDougal, Alfred Leroy was born on February 12, 1931 in Evanston, Illinois, United States. Son of Alfred L. and Mary (Gillett) McDougal.
McDougal, Alfred Leroy was born on February 12, 1931 in Evanston, Illinois, United States. Son of Alfred L. and Mary (Gillett) McDougal.
Bachelor, Yale University, 1953; Master of Business Administration, Harvard University, 1957.
Assistant to president, Rand McNally & Company, Skokie, Illinois, 1962-1965; manager school department, Rand McNally & Company, Skokie, Illinois, 1965-1969; president, McDougal, Littell & Company, Evanston, Illinois, 1969-1991; chairman, Chief Executive Officer, McDougal, Littell & Company, Evanston, Illinois, 1991-1994; director, Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, since 1994; Chief Executive Officer, Alm Corporation, since 1994. Chairman McDougal Family Foundation. Governor Yale University Press, since 1995.
Trustee Hadley School for Blind, Winnetka, Illinois, 1980-1983. Chairman budget committee Evanston United Fund, 1974-1976, board directors. Board directors Evanston Young Men’s Christian Association, 1988-1994, Youth Job Center, 1987-1993, chairman, 1989-1991, Opportunity International, 1994-2000, Literacy Chicago, 1992-1998, treasurer, 1994-1996, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, since 2003, Hubbard St. Dance, Chicago, since 1995, president, since 2003.
With United States Army, 1953-1955. Member Association American Publications (executive committee school division 1981-1994, chairman 1988-1989, 92-94, director 1987-1989), Northern Illinois Association (1st vice president 1984, chairman 1985).
Married Gudrun Fenger, May 7, 1960 (divorced 1982). Children: Thomas, Stephen. Married Nancy A. Lauter, March 1, 1986.