The Sewanee Fourth of July Committee is honored to dedicate this year’s celebration and parade in memory of Doug Cameron.

Always the first one to raise his hand, Doug dedicated his life in the service of others: as coach, mentor, teacher, author, musician, board member, and elected official. For more than 50 years, he volunteered with the Sewanee Volunteer Fire Department, serving as Chief 2. He was an Advanced Emergency Medical Technician and a 32-year veteran of Sewanee EMS. He served on numerous boards including the Community Action Committee, Blue Monarch, Mountain Goat Trail Alliance, Sewanee Civic Association, St. Andrew’s-Sewanee Board of Trustees, and as a founding board member of Housing Sewanee and the South Cumberland Regional Land Trust.

Beyond Sewanee, he served on the boards for The Cloud Forest School Foundation, the Land Trust for Tennessee, the Tennessee Environmental Council, Leadership Franklin County, the American Canoe Association and the Merrie-Woode Foundation. For his efforts in outdoor adventure and conservation, he was inducted into the Southeastern Whitewater Hall of Fame.

“He graced this world with a heart full of love and a commitment to serving wherever a need emerged.”