Background
Gleason, Douglas was born on December 17, 1916 in Mound City, Kansas, United States. Son of Ralph D. and Blanche (Douglas) Gleason.
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Gleason, Douglas was born on December 17, 1916 in Mound City, Kansas, United States. Son of Ralph D. and Blanche (Douglas) Gleason.
Bachelor, Wichita (Kansas) State University, 1939. Bachelor of Laws, Washburn University, 1942.
Assistant general counsel, Kansas Corporation Commission, 1946-1952; senior partner, Gleason, Gleason, Doty & Logan, Ottawa, Kansas senior partner, Gleason, Gleason, Doty & Logan, Topeka, 1947-1964; secretary, counsel, Kansas Telephone Association, 1952-1962; with, United Utilities, Inc., Kansas City, Missoury, 1964-1970; executive vice president finance, United Utilities, Inc., Kansas City, Missoury, 1965-1970; also board directors, United Utilities, Inc., Kansas City, Missoury founder, president, Communications Resources Corporation, Kansas City, 1970-1973; vice-president, director marketing, Faulkner Dawkins and Sullivan, 1971-1974; president, Newspaper electronics corporation, 1976-1982; founder, owner, Douglas Gleason Associations, since 1982. City attorney Ottawa, 1953-1961.
Chairman Collegiate Young Representatives Kansas, 1939-1940. Chairman of the board of trustees Franklin Mental Health Clinic, 1960-1962. Trustee Baker U., 1968-1973, Chairman of the Board, 1971-1972.
Captain Army of the United States, 1942-1946. European Theatre of Operations. Member American Bar Association, Kansas Bar Association, Franklin County Bar Association (president 1962).
Married Billie Ione Lawrence, March 5, 1963.