ARISTIDES MICHAEL "Harry" DOUKAS PhD

 
ARISTIDES MICHAEL DOUKAS, PhD  "Harry"  
Beloved husband and father, on the evening of January 3, 2016, at the age of 96, at Suburban Hospital, Bethesda, MD. He is survived by his wife of 68 years, Mary Anna, and three children, Michael, David, and Maria. He is also survived by six grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. He was predeceased by the death of his second son, Gregory Emmanuel; his three siblings, Louis, John, Paul, and a granddaughter Rebecca. Dr. Doukas was born on July 30, 1919 and raised in SE Washington, DC, graduated from Eastern High School, and received his Bachelors from the University of Maryland. He served in the South Pacific as a meteorologist in the Army Air Corps during WWII. Upon his discharge, he graduated from Georgetown University with a PhD in Organic Chemistry, and entered government service shortly thereafter. He began at the Department of Defense/Chemical Corp., and then moved to the National Science Foundation. He later transferred to the National Institutes of Health, Division of Research Grants, retiring from the NIH after over 30 years of government service. Dr. Doukas then went on to Georgetown University as Associate Dean for Research, in the School of Medicine for 16 years. Finally retiring at the age of 71 from Georgetown, he and Mary remained in the Maryland suburbs of Bethesda for 50 years, and most recently, Rockville. There will be a visitation on Thursday, January 7, 2015 at Saint Sophia Greek Orthodox Cathedral, 2815 36th St. and Massachusetts Ave. NW, Washington, DC, from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 P.M., where the Funeral Service will be held at the conclusion of the Visitation at 12:30 P.M. Burial will be in Gate of Heaven Cemetery, Silver Spring, MD. Memorial donations may be made in his name to Saint Sophia Greek Orthodox Cathedral.