Douglas Parker Evans

Obituary

1957 - 2009

Douglas P. Evans, Ph.D. 1957 ~ 2009 Douglas Parker Evans passed away on June 25, 2009, in Long Beach, California, following surgery. Doug was born on August 26, 1957, to Gordon Robbins and Bonnie Parker Evans. He grew up in Salt Lake City surrounded by a loving family and numerous friends. He graduated from Highland High in 1975, where he was yearbook editor, a class officer, and a Sterling Scholar, among other adventures. He graduated from the University of Utah with a degree in physiology and anatomy, then earned a Ph.D. in biomedical sciences and cancer biology from the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center at the University of Texas in Houston. He also filled several post-doctoral fellowships, collaborated on numerous published research studies and abstracts, and won numerous academic and professional honors. His career involved work in cancer research, pediatric HIV research, and teaching at Cedars-Sinai Prostate Cancer Center, UCLA, the University of Southern California, and in private industry. He also spent five happy and fulfilling years as a high school teacher at Francisco Bravo Medical Magnet High School in Los Angeles, where he loved helping the students he called "my kids" and followed in the footsteps of one of his mentors, Highland's Dean Collett. Doug was, and will always be, a shining light in numerous roles: Son, brother, uncle, friend, student, teacher, researcher, wit, napper, and tease. He is survived by his Mom and Dad; his siblings Gordon (Cindy) Evans, Laurie (Richard) Nash, DeAnn (Dean) Walker, and David (Gay-lynn) Evans; by numerous nieces and nephews; by countless friends; and by his dogs Bruno and Makana. He was preceded in death by his beloved brother, Brett. Marvin J. Ashton said: "A true friend is one who not only is willing to love us the way we are, but is able to leave us better than he found us.'" That's Doug. A family memorial service was held at Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park.

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