Doug Warren McDavid

Doug was born in San Francisco in 1947. When Doug was two, the family moved to Albuquerque and stayed there for six years. His family lived in Berkeley for a year before we moved to Pinole in the summer of 1956. Doug did well in school, earning membership in the California Scholarship Federation. Doug was featured in a weekly article, "Student of the Week," in the local newspaper. He marched in the Tournament of Roses Parade and was an Eagle Scout, and later marched again for the 100th year celebration of the Boy Scouts in 2010. For a while, he swam competitively with the local swim club. He also played the bass drum in the marching band where is long arms allowed for a cross-over flare move. After high school, Doug was among the very first students to attend the University of California at Santa Cruz were he was a proud Banana Slug. During his university years, he met and married Kathi. Amy arrived a year later. The family lived in Capitola, Mountain View, and Sunnyvale. He earned a Masters in Library Science at San Jose State and then became a reference librarian at the main branch of the Palo Alto Public Library. His ironic thesis was about the horiscopes of librarians and if they were fated to become so by the stars. After several years at the library, he took a year off to help start a pilot program for Palo Alto's curbside recycling program, which was one of the first curbside programs in the country. He took an early interest in personal computing in the mid 1970s that eventually led to new career opportunities in the tech world. He spent many years at Tymnet, a subsidiary of Tymshare. While still in the Bay area he married Carleen and Amanda soon followed. They move to Elk Grove in 1990s and planted roots in its growing community. Doug applied his library skills to analyzing systems and developed a consulting career following his last corporate job with the IBM Academy. Doug was often found reading a book, thinking up new ideas, or contributing to global perspectives. He spent a lot of time in Second Life making friends via his Avatar around the world. Doug is survived by his wife Carleen, his two daughters Amy and Amanda, his grandson Ray, his brother Richard with his wife Susan, the Warren cousins, the Zorn family, the pups, and friends in-person and in the virtual ethers.