Records show that Douglas Dorset Irving Jr. was born Sunday Jan 30, 1944 to Staff Sgt. & Mrs. Douglas D Irving of El Paso, with Sgt. Irving being the son of Mrs. Bert I. Davis of 508 N. Campbell. The baby's mother was the former Mary Louise Lindlof, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. O. E. Lindlof of 2412 Montana. In his teens Doug enjoyed scuba diving and activities at the YMCA. We remember Doug for his excellent mind and his mischievous sense of humor. Regarding the former, Doug went on to a BA from Rice University in 1965 and a PhD in Behavioral Science, also from Rice, in 1970 with a doctoral thesis entitled "The Field-Dependence Hypothesis in Cross-Cultural Perspective". He was a member of the American Psychological Association until his death on Christmas day, 2000. I remember Doug as as a chief prankster in the changing of the "E" to an "A" on Mount Franklin during the fall Austin HS vs El Paso HS football game during our senior year, and also as the mastermind of the plot to register a fake student ("Henry Neuman"), pay his fees (from a collection taken up in our class), and call him "present" in various classes for several days until the authorities found out. His punishment was, as I recall, 25 swats administered by Tip Dean, 5 per day. Doug wrote the letters "H-E-N-R-Y" on one of his school book covers, and would place 5 hash marks under one of those five letters after each swat session. During our senior year I ate lunch with Doug nearly every day; he was the principal entertainer at the table. Using Google, I found indications that he spent much of his professional life in Flagstaff, Arizona, on the staff of a psychological health center, but I have been unable to contact anyone who knew him during that time. Perhaps other classmates can comment.
Terry is quite right about Doug being a prankster. I think Doug Irving followed Yogi Berra's advice: When you come to a fork in the road, take it. Bob Blystone May 2017
Terry Henderson
Records show that Douglas Dorset Irving Jr. was born Sunday Jan 30, 1944 to Staff Sgt. & Mrs. Douglas D Irving of El Paso, with Sgt. Irving being the son of Mrs. Bert I. Davis of 508 N. Campbell. The baby's mother was the former Mary Louise Lindlof, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. O. E. Lindlof of 2412 Montana. In his teens Doug enjoyed scuba diving and activities at the YMCA. We remember Doug for his excellent mind and his mischievous sense of humor. Regarding the former, Doug went on to a BA from Rice University in 1965 and a PhD in Behavioral Science, also from Rice, in 1970 with a doctoral thesis entitled "The Field-Dependence Hypothesis in Cross-Cultural Perspective". He was a member of the American Psychological Association until his death on Christmas day, 2000. I remember Doug as as a chief prankster in the changing of the "E" to an "A" on Mount Franklin during the fall Austin HS vs El Paso HS football game during our senior year, and also as the mastermind of the plot to register a fake student ("Henry Neuman"), pay his fees (from a collection taken up in our class), and call him "present" in various classes for several days until the authorities found out. His punishment was, as I recall, 25 swats administered by Tip Dean, 5 per day. Doug wrote the letters "H-E-N-R-Y" on one of his school book covers, and would place 5 hash marks under one of those five letters after each swat session. During our senior year I ate lunch with Doug nearly every day; he was the principal entertainer at the table. Using Google, I found indications that he spent much of his professional life in Flagstaff, Arizona, on the staff of a psychological health center, but I have been unable to contact anyone who knew him during that time. Perhaps other classmates can comment.
--Terry Henderson
Robert Blystone
Terry is quite right about Doug being a prankster. I think Doug Irving followed Yogi Berra's advice: When you come to a fork in the road, take it. Bob Blystone May 2017