Douglas L. Wilson grew up and has spent much of his life in the small rural Northern Michigan town of Grayling. Doug is a member of the Grayling High School Hall Alumni of Fame, and he is a graduate of Central Michigan University. Doug has recently retired from a forty-five-year career as an educator, youth counselor, and family social worker. Doug and his wife Tracy continue to reside in the Grayling area and they are frequent visitors to Doug's alma mater in Mount Pleasant.