Gary Lopez

Daugherty

Gary L Daugherty was born July15,1948 in Brookport, Illinois. He spent the first five years of his life Being raised by his grandparents, Arthell and Erma Daugh-erty. Shortly after his fifth birthday his mother, Velma Daugherty, moved to Tole-do, Ohio where he began his education in the Toledo School System. At age twelve he was inducted into the YMCA Junior Leaders Club, where he began to amplify his leadership skills. He graduated from Jessup W. Scott High School in 1966 and soon thereafter enrolled in Howard University and the University of Toledo where he majored in Civil Engineering and Industrial Engineering. He received his Bachelor's Degree in 1972 and his Masters Degree in 1973 being inducted into The National lndustrial Engineering Honor Society.

He obtained employment with local companies to start his career which spanned over thirty-seven years. He worked for Owens Corning for fifteen of those years and The Scotts Company for seventeen years. He retired from The Scotts Compa-ny in 2005 after being the Director of Global Environmental Management for all of the company's Divisions on three continents. During his thirty plus years as an environmental expert, he was credited with four inventions which are still in use today and was the author of over thirty publications and books mostly in the envi-ronmental field. In 1996 he received the Ohio Governors award for being a leader in pollution prevention. In 2001 The Ohio Education Council acclaimed him as the best environmental Educator in their twenty year history. He also frequently gave environmental lectures to fortune 500 companies as a member of the Marcus Evans Lecture Group based in the United Kingdom. He also became an accom-plished educator. During the last years of his career he became an instructor at the University of Toledo College of Engineering where he taught Engineering Economics, Statistics and Systems Analysis.

He was also a volunteer for youth programs in Toledo, Ohio and the Philadelphia area. He coached football at Old West End Junior High, Jessup W. Scott High School in Toledo, Ohio and the Lindenwold, New Jersey Youth Organization for seventeen years.

He is preceded in death by his mother, Velma and father Ernest.

He leaves behind his wife Mona; daughters, Lisa (derrick) and Jehah; grandsons DeVante (Marissa), Michael (Yasmeen), Kingston and Jordan; Great grand-daughter. Jaye; sisters, Sandra Jackson of Toledo, Ohio, Yvonne Evans of North Chicago, Illinois, Brother, Tracy of Baltimore, Maryland and many nephews, cousins and friends.