Background
Douglass was the son of a prominent Colfax, Illinois physician, David T. Douglass.
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Dwight Ireneus Douglass
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He graduated from Colfax High School and attended college for two years at Ohio Wesleyan University, transferring to Miami University in 1904.
Career
He played football at Miami and became associated with a group of independent students who formed the Non-Fraternity Association which would evolve into Phi Kappa Tau. Douglass maintained close ties with the organization he helped found until he entered World War I where he served as a sergeant with the 27th Engineer Battalion in heavy fighting where he was gassed. He returned the United States from France and attempted to take up farming in southern Illinois.
About 1920, he disappeared and his family did not hear from again until sometime in the 1930s.
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Born
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Died
1940 (aged 56) -
Resting place
Hammond, Louisiana -
Nationality
American