Douglas M. Yeager ’55

Doug, an inveterate traveler and generous supporter of childhood development, died Dec. 24, 2022, at his home in Fort Collins, Colo. 

He was born Nov. 10, 1933, in Wauseon, Ohio. He graduated as valedictorian from Loudonville (Ohio) High School. At Princeton, he joined Tower Club and majored in politics. He was on the staff of The Daily Princetonian and active in the Marching Band and Tigertones.

After marriage to Nancy and a stint in the Army, Doug joined NCR Corp. for 27 years. He attended night school, earning three graduate degrees and completed an executive development program at Harvard Business School. 

In 1989, he took early retirement from NCR, moved to Colorado, and became vice president of the National Technological University, a graduate engineering school that delivers its courses from 52 universities via satellite. Upon his second retirement in 2002, he established the Yeager Family Foundation, focused on early childhood development. Doug authored six children’s books, donated 135,000 copies throughout the country, and made a major gift to Princeton’s Baby Lab. He was pleased to have set foot on all seven continents — more than 66 countries and territories — while living in 11 states and traveling to the other 39.

In 2000, Doug was predeceased by Nancy, his wife of 44 years and mother of their three children. He is survived by son David, daughters Deborah and Linda, three grandchildren, and his companion, Marilyn Roberts.