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Lewis W. Douglas, Jr. graduated from Yale University, with an A.B. Degree in Feb. 1948 after serving in the U.S. Air Force as a navigator-bombardier during World War II.
Douglas served as president of Christiana Oil Corporation from 1953 to 1964. Christiana Oil was initially a private company that eventually listed its shares on American Stock Exchange. Christiana had oil and gas exploration activities from Louisiana to California; it also developed real estate in California.
In 1964, Douglas formed privately owned Douglas Development Company that developed real estate in California, Hawaii, Washington, Idaho, Illinois and Montreal, Canada.
In 1985, Douglas, in addition to his real estate activities, reentered oil and gas exploration and discovered oil and gas in Michigan, Nebraska and Wyoming and explored for oil and gas in Colorado, North Dakota, Chile, Peru and Russia.
Douglas has been the trustee of five schools; the director of hospitals in Santa Monica and San Francisco, California; and on the governing board of HealthOne, which is the owner of six hospitals and 9 clinics in Colorado. Douglas is also an advisor on the Coors Western Art Exhibit.
Douglas is married, has three children, three dogs and lives in Denver, Colorado. | 