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January 16, 2017As a tribute to Doug’s contribution to the resort/lodging industry and to the ColoradoHotel and Lodging Association and the American Hotel and Lodging Association, ascholarship fund is being established in his name.
The scholarship funds will be invested and managed by the American Hotel andLodging Association Educational Foundation and the Colorado Hotel and LodgingAssociation will manage scholarship distribution.
Pledges will be accepted until the fund reaches its required corpus of $100,000. At thattime, requests to honor a pledge will be sent and tax deductible checks will be sent tothe AH&LA Educational Foundation.
Colorado resident students attending Colorado universities/colleges offering degrees inhospitality management will be given priority, although the scholarship will be open to allhospitality students.
Pledges can be sent to Ilene Kamsler at: il e n e ka m sler@ o u tl o o k.c o mQuestions can be also directed to Ilene at 303- 399-1867
Doug was a graduate of Cheyenne Mountain High School, Colorado Springs, and served in the U.S. Navy as a medical corpsman in Memphis, Tennessee. Returning to Colorado, he subsequently graduated from the University of Colorado at Boulder.
From there his life propelled him into what would be his ultimate calling, the hospitality industry. He began his adventure at the Lodge at Vail as the assistant manager and then the food and beverage director and then on to The Antlers Hotel in Colorado Springs, first as executive assistant manager before being promoted to general manager and vice president. On Jan. 1, 1984, Doug became the general manager, and then vice president of operations of the Broadmoor Hotel. Following his employment at “the Grand Old Lady,” Doug would manage various other esteemed hotels and ski operations, including The Westin Riverfront Resort & Spa in Vail and Denver, the Magnolia Hotel of Denver, Colorado Ski Country USA and Vail Resorts. (Legacy obit)
