Robert Doug Wilkerson

Dr. Robert Douglas Doug Wilkerson, age 69 of Toledo passed away Monday, October 7, 2013 in the University of Michigan Hospital, Ann Arbor. He was born August 5, 1944 in Wilson, NC to Rainey and Blanche Wilkerson. He received his BS in Pharmacy from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Doug then received his Masters and Doctorate degrees in Pharmacology from the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston. He did his post doctorate training at Tulane University Medical School. Following his faculty position at the University of South Alabama School of Medicine, he joined the faculty of the Medical College of Ohio in 1979 where he spent the remainder of his career and retired in 2009 as Professor Emeritus. Doug also served in an administrative capacity as Vice-President for Research Administration. He was preceded in death by his mother Blanche Wilkerson and is survived by his wife Carol; father Rainey; son Robert Tricia Wilkerson, Jr.; daughter Julie Brendan Smith; step-sons Christopher Aileen Welch, Patrick Jennifer Welch and Brian Allison Reichenbach; grandchildren Leah and Parker Smith, and Samantha, Alexander, Nikolas, Madison and Olivia Welch; as well as a host of extended family members and friends. Friends will be received at the Walker Funeral Home, 5155 Sylvania Ave. west of Corey on Saturday after 1 PM where a Celebration of Life Service will take place at 3 PM. The family suggests memorials to a charity of the donors choice. The family would like to thank the nurses and staff of the Critical Care Medical Unit of the University of Michigan Hospital and all others involved in his care. Condolences may be sent to the family at walkerfuneralhomes.com