september november american physician university professor research scientist inventor native texas earned bachelor medical degrees professor medicine engaged areas medical research widely remembered leader research team formulated sports drink significant medical applications treating patients generated million royalties university later years prominent philanthropist significant sums charities affiliated creating scholarships freely colleges universities charitable foundations early life education born san_antonio texas september fourth generation took early interest athletics ran mile minutes seconds respectable time high school athlete early 1940s graduated served mate months world war discharged navy enrolled completed years undergraduate calendar years graduated bachelor degree married nurse dallas texas met medical school graduating doctor medicine degree dallas completed saint louis city hospital missouri residency dallas served alma mater new_york_city joined faculty florida assistant professor internal medicine division invention approached assistant coach football team extreme faced football players practicing high temperatures humidity late summer early fall douglas questioned football players practice games learned evidence football players losing water failing replace fluid practice games research team discovered football players losing pounds kilograms hours college football game ninety ninety percent loss water player volume decrease seven percent blood volume percent sweat team research doctors conducted series trial error experiments drink members football team coach members freshman squad initially promising results starting members varsity team didn taste like said interview magazine fact according tried strongly suggested original experimental formula like waste remembered sort like toilet bowl cleaner suggestion wife researchers added lemon juice original formula water salt appeared legend television commercials narrated long time college football announcer declared naturally called stuff drink known football team later known drink received real test game football team tigers faded heat second half convinced asked produce games achieved national prominence result orange bowl title january reinforced reputation second half team came defeat yellow jackets afterward head coach told reporters didn difference patented formula offered rights drink exchange university backing production marketing drink university turned proposal initially obtained bank financing began produce business later entered contract produce sell drink sales royalties reached university took notice prompted provided small grant research asked patent rights refused acting behalf university brought suit share profits arguing university facilities employees students instrumental development product thirty months legal university negotiated settlement dispute university settled percent share royalties investors retained eighty percent aftermath settlement university resolved differences expanded professional relationships royalties received university university kidney research department research projects created multiple scholarships contributed university royalties following years legacy realized million share royalties associates share royalties undisclosed majority rights having sold settlement continued work university college medicine named professor emeritus retirement april months death inducted honorary letter winner owned today sold eighty countries contrast dollars team spent experimental batch prompted evolution dollar sports drink industry years followed seven billion bottles sold annually united_states surprised commercial success sports drink took greater pride use hospitals post operative recovery treat related young children research included exercise physiology kidney disease research loading early claims swedish researchers invented hydraulic football helmet substantially reduced risk concussion football players active lifelong member lutheran church recognized church award gave lutheran colleges organizations later years wife established organization makes grants aid poor talented played local symphony acquired collections thirty violins vintage automobiles wife continued live house owned financial success november died kidney failure age survived wife mary children grandchildren great grandchildren established chaired daughter announced begun raising funds construct new building groundbreaking planned september florida governor posthumously honored great ceremony award honors people major contributions progress welfare florida
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