Oldest living U.S. Olympic medalist, Herb Douglas, has died at 101

The track and field legend was a storied businessman and philanthropist
 
by Erv Dyer
Senior Editor, Pitt Magazine
Herbert P. Douglas Jr., the oldest living U.S. Olympic medalist—and a University of Pittsburgh alumnus who served on its Board of Trustees and was later named an emeritus trustee—died Saturday, April 22, 2023. He was 101.
“In every role that he filled, as an aspiring athlete from Hazelwood, as a student-athlete and University trustee and as an esteemed busines