Chamberlain, Douglas, 1907-1999.

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Birth 1907
Death 1999

Biographical notes:

Douglas Chamberlain was a prominent local ear, nose, and throat specialist. Born on December 10, 1907 to Morrow and May Chamberlain of Lookout Mountain, Chamberlain was a graduate of Princeton University and Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Dr. Chamberlain served as a captain in the U.S. Army and was stationed at Fort Benning, GA., for one and a half years and in Europe for three and a half years. He was in England after the Normandy invasion and was an ear nose and throat consultant in the Seine River area in Paris. Active in various education and civic functions, he served on the Girls Preparatory School Board of Directors, as President of the Chattanooga Opera Association, a member of the Torch Club, and a former member of the Rotary Club of Chattanooga. He was the grandson of Captain Hiram S. Chamberlain, who was a University of Chattanooga chairman of the Board of Directors, and had the school's football stadium named for him. Dr. Douglas Chamberlain's father, Morrow Chamberlain, also served as the University of Chattanooga's Chairman of the Board of Directors and had Chamberlain Field named for him in a rededication ceremony. Both Dr. Chamberlain's father and grandfather served as Presidents of Roane Iron Company. Source: Chattanooga Times-Free Press. Dr. Douglas Chamberlain Dies, Active Civic Leader, Physician. June 12, 1999.

From the description of Douglas Chamberlain papers, 1916-1982. (University of Tennessee at Chattanooga). WorldCat record id: 761889124

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