Douglas Frederick Carroll of Owings, MD passed away suddenly June 16, 2012 in Honey Brook, PA. He was born October 19, 1938 in Washington, DC to Calvert Wesley and Alice Dorothy (Gibbons) Carroll. He received his education in Washington, DC schools and graduated from Anacostia High School in 1954 . While in high school he worked at the Sears Donut Kitchen on Bladensburg Road. He received his Bachelors Degree in Economics from the University of Maryland and his Masters Degree in Finance from George Washington University. Doug served in the United States Navy aboard the USS Saratoga in the Mediterranean Sea from September 1963 until being discharged as a Petty Officer 3rd Class in August 1965.
He married Maureen Patricia Milan in Niagara Falls, NY on August 10, 1968.
Doug’s professional career began in 1965 as a desk officer in the Commerce Department’s Africa Division. Doug saw many changes at the Commerce Department during his career becoming editor of Commerce America in 1978 and in 1980 it’s current name Business America. He retired as editor on June 3, 1998 after 34 years of service.
Doug was a member of the Covenant Community of Jesus the Good Shepherd Church, Past President of the Kiwanis Club of Southern Prince George’s County and a member of the American Legion Stallings-Williams Post 206 in Chesapeake Beach, MD. In his leisure Doug enjoyed genealogy and astronomy. He was a doting grandfather who had a tradition of making ice cream for kids and grandkids birthdays.
Surviving are his wife Maureen Patricia Carroll; three daughters, Allison Smith and her husband Justin of Tucson, AZ, Rebecca Clemens and her husband Craig of Eldersburg, MD, and Jennifer Carroll of Silver Spring, MD; five grandchildren, Mykala and Evan Smith and Colton, Kyle and Alyssa Clemens; and a sister Patricia Aldersley of Annapolis, MD. Doug is also survived by two nieces Lynn Bowers and Susan Aldersley, one nephew David Aldersly and three cousins Millie Daniels, Robert Tyler and Annette Carlton.