Doug Shaw

Doug Shaw, Douglas Shaw, D. Shaw. There are many ways to phrase it, but it all comes down to the same thing. A single name: Douglas Shaw. Perhaps the name of a friend or a loved one. Perhaps a name that is not very important to you - yet. But there are many people with the name of Doug Shaw in the world, and there is a chance that they lurk, waiting for the order to be given, waiting to take over.

What can you do about it? Education is always a good start. This page will let you know about the Doug Shaw population of the world, so you can prepare adequately.

This page last updated 10/23/2003
"Interesting site, you must have a lot of free time to do all that research." -Doug Shaw
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"Keep up the good, if a bit strange, work." - Doug Shaw
"Keep up the good work." - Doug Shaw

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The Geeks:
One thing you find about Doug Shaws is that an uncommonly large percentage of them turn out to be quite clever fellows. The following is a list of the ones who have made Knowledge their calling. The word "Geek" is considered an affectionate term

	A math professor named Doug Shaw	Considered by many to be the "Real" Douglas Shaw, he has taught at the Universities of Illinois, Michigan, and Minnesota, and is currently a professor at the University of Northern Iowa. For the remainder of this document, referred to as Dougshaw Prime.
	A statistical consultant named Doug Shaw	The only Doug Shaw manly enough to grow a beard almost as good as Dougshaw Prime's. He also wrote some hard-to-understand articles on organizational performance
	A pomology professor named Doug Shaw	Unable to grow beard, but has a great mustache. He is way cool, for he invented a better strawberry!
	A Veterinary medicine professor named Doug Shaw	A professor at Ohio State! The greatest school in the Big Ten! (With the obvious exceptions of Illinois, Michigan, and Minnesota). He is also a top-notch singer/songwriter! (Update: He may have left Ohio State)
	An economics professor who goes by Doug Shaw	Okay, he's kind of a wanna-be ("Doug" is his middle name.) But as Doug Shaws get closer to world domination, we should expect this sort of thing.
	Doug Shaw: Vice president of organizational planning	The National Management Association (NMA) is a professional leadership development association headquartered in Dayton, Ohio. This may be the one who got an MBA at Babson
	A nuclear proliferation expert named Doug Shaw	Gave a talk in Berlin about the Soviet Union's "fizzable materials." He wasn't talking about beer and Alka-Seltzer. As of 2002, he is on staff at the Institute of Religion and Public Policy. Of all the Doug Shaws, he wins the award for looking most like Conan O' Brien.
	Doug Shaw: Veddy British math genius	Doug Shaw was listed as Bancroft School's contact for some homework help site. He received very high grades there, and is now "reading maths" at Cambridge. He designed a Klingon translator that I often get blamed for; Hab SoSlI' Quch indeed.
	Doug Shaw: Internet Trainer who likes Fart Jokes	He is British; he loves skepticism even though he can't spell it, and is a fan of Stephen Hawking. I believe he may be the person who said, "I ...come down to Cambridgeshire fairly regularly to see old friends" in a "bigwig.net" online forum.
	Doug Shaw: Political Science Student	I found him via his friend Jot, who should put more details about Doug on his website, instead of his other non-Doug-Shaw friends.
	A high school teacher named Doug Shaw	Very active in the Alberta Youth Heritage project. Also did a wonderful project, having his tenth graders interview the eldery.
	A high school principal named Doug Shaw	Oak Bay High School in British Columbia. Go Breakers!
	An environmental expert named Doug Shaw	This may be the same as one of the ones above. He spoke at a meeting of the "Committee of Scientists," and was on the radio show "Common Ground". Perhaps he was the graduate of New Mexico State University?
	A methyl-bromide expert named Doug Shaw	Appeared on the Saturday Morning Agriculture show on KSCO AM in California. At one point was looking to rent three acres of farmland. Maybe he became the owner of the Doug Shaw Farm in Michigan? He may also be the guy who was looking to build a log cabin.
	A museum director named Doug Shaw	One of at least two Doug Shaws to be from Long Island
	A birdwatcher named Doug Shaw	He lives in California, the San Bernardino Valley, and runs a hostel. There is a Doug Shaw board member in downtown San Luis; could this be him?
	Doug Shaw: Tasmanian astronomer	A past president of the Astronomical Society of Tasmania .
	A Colorado linux god named Doug Shaw	Linux is a nearly karma-free operating system, and this guy knows his Linux! He's posted several good answers to linux questions on line
	A zoning administrator named Doug Shaw	Not only does Nebraska exist, but a Doug Shaw lives there. Who knew?
	Doug Shaw: Course Scheduler	Well, he wrote a computer program to do it for him.
	Doug Shaw: Dell weenie

The Athletes:
In addition to being ruggedly handsome, Doug Shaws have been known to be handsomely rugged, excelling in the ancient art of Sport. Observe the ones below:

	A Canadian Rocky-Mountain mapmaker named Doug Shaw	Gem-Trek publishing seems laden with athletic types, but only Doug Shaw has the confidence to be seated in his official photograph.
	A racecar driver named Doug Shaw	A racecar driver! A Goddamned racecar driver! And, from all indications, a dashing, highly formidable one, too. (Although he looks a bit like fellow driver Dick Dastardly) One of Dougshaw Prime's students was picked up at an event by her father, who mentioned that he had just seen a person named Doug Shaw in an auto race that day. That is SO COOL! Did you hear me? An honest to god racecar driver!
	A harness racer named Doug Shaw	Not quite as cool as an automobile racer, but still pretty impressive. This Doug Shaw won a major race with a broken elbow!
	A soapbox derby winner named Doug Shaw	From racecar driving, to harness racing, to the soapbox derby. The article didn't make it clear if Doug Shaw was a student at Millerville School or the principal, but he won the coveted "Fastest School" trophy in Okotoks.
	A triathelete named Doug Shaw	A triathelete! In the 40-45 category! Can you believe it?
	A rugby player named Doug Shaw	I think it is Rugby. The South Sydney web site is hard to understand.
	A boating guy named Doug Shaw
	A swimmer named Doug Shaw	All the way in New Zealand!
	A golfer named Doug Shaw	An Amateur Grand Master golfer! His competition gets whomped regularly.
	A skier named Doug Shaw	This one almost went under the Outlaws, because he is leading a ski trip to "Smuggler's Notch", where he is the marketing manager.
	A football insider named Doug Shaw	Uncannily, this Doug does not have his name on the actual football insider site. One can see him referenced in the source code.
	A basketball coach named Doug Shaw	Go Connecticut Breeze!
	Another coach named Doug Shaw	Go Guilford Indians!
	A football coach named Doug Shaw	Go New Hanover!
	A football player (kicker) named Doug Shaw	Go Vancouver Trojans!
	A baseball advisory committee chairman named Doug Shaw	Go Delaware County Indians! (This may be the professor from Ohio State)
	A baseball coach named Doug Shaw	Go Seahawks! (This is Doug Shaw Jr, in Myrtle Beach, home of the Doug Shaw stadium!)
	Doug Shaw: Football Expert	A Nacogdoches native, this Doug Shaw does woodwork by day, and was described as having "a knowledge of all aspects of building" in addition to his sports expertise. I believe he is also the one who volunteered to lead a lake cleanup effort, and races bicycles
	A tennis champ named Doug Shaw	Okay, its only intramurals tennis at Fort Hays State university in Kansas, but that's still pretty darn special!
	A trail-runner named Doug Shaw
	A varsity crewman named Doug Shaw	He's in Syracuse, NY, where Dougshaw Prime worked as an Engineer for GE for a time.
	A mountain biker named Doug Shaw

	A tobacco shop owner named Doug Shaw	I found The Sanctuary, Doug Shaw's tobacco shop, because he donated some cigars to an internet bar. Said bar's home-page is one of the worst examples of search-engine pimping that I have ever seen, so I won't mention their name here. Doug's wife and co-owner has gorgeous hair. She and Doug both give lots of money to the arts.
	A surety bond something named Doug Shaw	The job title is impressive, so he is probably wealthy. He sent an email to Dougshaw Prime some time ago, which got the latter thinking about someday finding all of the Doug Shaws on the Web. He may have been a member of the Benbrook City Council Park and Recreation Board. He used to own dougshaw.net, but no longer does.
	"Douglas" Shaw, M.D.	Another wannabe (his name is R. Douglas Shaw), this "Doug Shaw" served as a U.S. Naval flight surgeon and twice has been a team physician for the U.S. Summer Olympic teams. He is a founding member of the American Medical Society of Sports Medicine, and has the "Doug Shaw Twinkle".
	A machinst/dog box magnate named Doug Shaw	There is a Doug Shaw in West Newfield, Maine that custom makes Dog boxes and Dog trailers, founded Douglas Machines, and is evidentally a great Dad. Why would you store a dog in a box?
	A Christian fund-raising consultant named Doug Shaw	This is probably my Evangelical Author from below, but I can't say for sure. I don't know if this is makes him "wealthy" but it seems like it would. He has a large Victorian house in Illinois.
	A construction company owner named Doug Shaw	Owner of the appropriately named Doug Shaw Construction in Iowa. Previously involved with the Delaware Country Fair, but as of this writing gone from the web.
	A building magnate named Doug Shaw	Owner of Shaw Builders in Corpus Christie
	A British equity fund manager named Doug Shaw	Wealthy, sure, but his company doesn't give him a home page. Can he be happy? (The article that mentioned him has since left the web-site, too. He needs to get a press-agent)
	A lawyer named Doug Shaw	Not just any lawyer, but one in Thunder Bay! Like in Anatomy of a Murder! (His acquaintance, Dick DeRyk, tells a nice tale of finding this page.)
	Doug Shaw: Font weenie	Actually the OEM business manager for Agfa's Typographic system's group
	A wine distributor named Doug Shaw	Distribute a few bottles of that ol' Janx spirit to me, Doug!
	A BMW aficionado named Doug Shaw	As he puts it on www.cybershopping.net: "Get a Bavarian autosports catalogue, it has many upgrades for BMW's, and I am sure that it would have stiffer, and lower suspension for your car."
	Doug Shaw: Commercial Coatings Manager	In truth, I don't know how much a Commercial Coatings manager in Bakersfield, CA makes, but I didn't want to have to make a new category. I'm sure they do alright.
	A hospital administrator named Doug Shaw	Mad River Hospital might not be a bad place to get sick.
	Another hospital administrator named Doug Shaw	According to Dougshaw Prime's doctor in Minneapolis, there was a famous health administrator named Doug Shaw who reformed Minneapolis health care.
	A third hospital administrator named Doug Shaw	President of Jewish Hospital, and former treasurer of Kentucky Goodwill.
	An online gambling magnate named Doug Shaw	If you must gamble online, support Doug at pacificprincessonline.com. There is a baseball stat dude named Doug Shaw; I suspect they are the same man.

The Realtors:
In addition to being smart, athletic, and Saved, quite a few Doug Shaw's have a propensity to sell Real Estate. Here are some of the ones you can find on the web:

The Outlaws:
Such silly things as copyright violations mean nothing to some rogue Doug Shaws. These links do not express or imply support for violation of copyright, they are presented for historic/educational purposes only.
Army of Darkness "sound pack"
Phish tapes

The Musicians:

	A killer sax player named Doug Shaw	Note the excellent example of the typical "Doug Shaw Twinkle" in his eyes. "Tone is King"
	A disc-jockey named Doug Shaw	On world-music radio, he hosted Celtic Quest and For the Sake of the Song. He was also their technical director. He may be the Rick Wakeman fan.
	A musician-storyteller named Doug Shaw	His website graphic (and web persona) looks enough like me that any old friend looking for me may be confused and seduced. But then again, people looking for him may find me, so I guess we can call it even. At least he doesn't speak Klingon.
	A cellist named Doug Shaw	Dougshaw Prime met him while they were both vacationing in Crystal Lake, Michigan. He is also a high-school teacher near Buffalo, New York.
	Another disc-jockey named Doug Shaw	Florida ballroom-dance platter spinner! (Update: his website is now gone. Did you save the last dance for me?)

	Doug Shaw: Fireman	I thought that a race-car driver was cool, but this guy is a real-live fireman! If you are in Westbank, British Columbia, and fall asleep while smoking in bed as you are arranging your collection of antique sterno-cans and kerosene lamps, the heroic Doug Shaw will be there to save your careless butt!
	Doug Shaw: Private Eye	Yes! An actual private investigator! Sherlock Holmes, Sam Spade, Doug Shaw. The link goes to a case of Evil In Kansas, cracked by ace snoop Doug Shaw.
	Doug Shaw: Lamb protectionist	Some would say that lamb imports are an inevitability. Montana resident Doug Shaw is ready to fight them with all his Doug Shaw might.
	Doug Shaw: Louisiana Poet	According to devilshadow666's Yahoo Profile, Doug Shaw penned the following words: "Dreams r forever but life isnt, the soul is damned and the river turned into blood,because we have sinned now were damned for hell."
	Doug Shaw: Bypass battler	A Wilmington resident who used to live in New York City, this Doug Shaw is a real-life Arthur Dent.
	Doug Shaw: Ham	If you are talking to WA0EMX, say "hi" from me!
	Doug Shaw: Mayor of Clinton, North Carolina	Well... he would be mayor if he had won the 2000 election. Maybe he was the Doug Shaw who played at a wedding in Fayetteville, NC. The article has long expired.

The Mysteries:
When Dougshaw Prime was interviewing with Motorola in Phoenix, there was a person in the phone directory named Douglas J. Shaw. He not only was a Doug Shaw, he had what many consider to be the "correct" middle initial. Little else is known about him.

The Coppell board of trustees had a member named Doug Shaw, who vacated his seat to move to Michigan, a state loved by Dougshaw Prime.

There was a Doug Shaw in Vicksburg, Miss. He was listed as the brother of a Joseph Jones in an obituary. Joseph Jones died in Savannah, where the parents of Dougshaw Prime reside.

I found a weird news bulletin with the phrase "Doug Shaw of CB Richard Ellis represented the seller."

An alumni of neilhouse, Doug Shaw says he is "Now living in Oshawa, Ontario working at a Physio Clinic at the General Motors car plant. "

There is a Doug Shaw in North Carolina who is a Right of Way agent. I have no idea what that is, but there were several people listed with that job-title. If two of them were approaching each other in a narrow hallway, who would have to yield?

There is a Doug Shaw in South Africa who is a past-president of some University of Cape Town maritime law thingie.

Horribly enough, there is a Rush Limbaugh fan among us. All we know about him is that he has "moved South." Please don't let it be the auto racer!

There is a puppy judge named Doug Shaw, but maybe it is a dogracing thing. Hard to tell.

There is a California Regional Occupational Centers and Programs director named Doug Shaw. Nobody knows what that is.

	A Kentucky Baptist Minister named Doug Shaw
	Doug Shaw: Evangelical author	I believe he is the same one as the Wyoming Doug Shaw who penned this article on starting a monastic community, and this one about non excluding families from religious communes. He also has a great website, even though his politics are on the side of Evil.
	Doug Shaw: Vice president of World Relief	Lord knows, the world needs some. He's making the world a better place from Wheaton, IL.
	Doug Shaw: Hostel owner	When communing with nature at Yosemite Park, Doug will let you be his guest.

	A Midland, Ontario realtor named Doug Shaw	Buy from him; you will get Doug Shaw service, so you know it is good.
	A San Francisco realtor named Doug Shaw	He was called a filthy name for handling the sale of a popular fish restaurant

	The Doug Shaw stadium in Myrtle Beach, SC	Home of the Myrtle Beach SeaDawgs!
	The Doug Shaw memorial scholarship at Belle Fourche high school	Go Broncs!