Ann C. M. Douglas

DOUGLAS, Ann C. M. Ann C. M. Douglas of Niantic, died suddenly on Thursday, (December 8, 2005) in New London. Ann was born in Springfield, MA on September 27, 1934, daughter of Harvey H. and Catherine Allis Moses. She was married in Longmeadow, MA on December 22, 1956 to R. Gordon Douglas. Education was one of Ann's lifelong passions. She graduated from the McDuffie School in 1952, then graduated from Skidmore College with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in 1956, and from the Bank Street College of Education in New York in 1958, receiving her Masters in Education. She went on to teach at the Spence School and the Allen-Stevenson School in New York City. Her interest in education continued long after she retired. She was a trustee of Skidmore College, serving from 1999 to 2003. Ann was Vice President of Princeton Project '55, an organization dedicated to making systemic changes to improve our society. She had many other philanthropic interests including: public television and radio, her educational institutions, animal rights organizations, and the First Congregational Church of Old Lyme. She also endowed a chair at Skidmore College, the Douglas Family Chair in American Culture, History, Literary and Interdisciplinary Studies. Ann was a gracious lady always putting others before herself. Her greatest love was her family, her husband, three children and their spouses and nine grandchildren. Ann is survived by her husband of 49 years, R. Gordon Douglas of Niantic; her brother, C. Wicker Moses of Carbondale, CO, and her three children, Robert G. Douglas and his wife, Linda of Essex, Timothy S. Douglas and his wife, Anne of Rye, NY, and Catherine L. Douglas and her husband, Mark Sargent of Providence, RI. She is also survived by her nine grandchildren, whom she cherished and who knew her lovingly as "Nonnie", Whitney, Alex, Parker, Geoffrey, Esmé, Robby, Fiona, Owen and Finley. Donations in her memory may be made to: The Development Fund of Lawrence & Memorial Hospital, 365 Montauk Avenue, New London, CT 06320 www.lmhospital.org or The First Congregational Church of Old Lyme, 2 Ferry Road, Old Lyme, CT 06371. A memorial service will be held at the First Congregational Church of Old Lyme at 2 p.m., Tuesday, December 13.