Herbert Douglas, a Pitt alumnus and the oldest-living Olympic medalist from the United States, died Saturday at the age of 101, the University of Pittsburgh announced Monday.
A native of Hazelwood, the Taylor Allderdice High School product would go on to place second in the Olympic trials in the long jump in 1948, before earning a bronze medal in the 1948 Summer Olympics in London with a jump of 24 feet, 8.75 inches.
Douglas served on the university's board of trustees and was later named an emeritus trustee.
“In every role that he filled, as an aspiring athlete from Hazelwood, as a student-athlete and University trustee and as an esteemed businessman, Olympian and community leader, Herb Douglas excelled,” University of Pittsburgh Chancellor Patrick Gallagher said in a release.