Doman was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and is an alumnus of Northeast Catholic High School. He is a 1962 graduate of North, an All-Catholic League football player and a member of the school\'s Hall of Fame. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in English Literature from the University of Pennsylvania in 1966. While at Penn, he was a three-year letterman and starting defensive back with the Quakers football team from 1963 to 1965. He also earned a Master of Business Administration degree in marketing from Pennsylvania State University in 1972.\n', '

In between his time at Penn and Penn State, he served with the United States Marine Corps, beginning with his enrollment in its Officer Candidates School at Quantico, Virginia. He was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in March, 1967 and served with the 3rd Marine Division in the Vietnam War. \n', '

After graduate school, he spent nearly two decades in the advertising business, beginning with SSC&B Advertising and Norman Craig & Kummel. He was one of the first six employees at TBWA New York when it debuted in 1977. He concluded his fourteen years with TBWA as Executive Vice President, Head of Business Development responsible for a new business program which resulted in Agency of the Year honors from Adweek in 1990. He transitioned from advertising executive to full-time actor when he was cast in a commercial for AT&T in 1991.\n', '

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