Charlie died June 21, 2015, in Amherst, Mass., from the effects of acute myeloid leukemia.
Upon graduation from St. George’s School, Charlie came to Princeton, where he majored in English. He took his meals at Tower Club, where he was elected chairman of its bicker committee and then vice president of the club during his senior year. Charlie was also captain of the 150-pound crew.
After graduation and several years of teaching at St. George’s and Choate, he earned a Ph.D. in English from Brown in 1967. Later that year, he joined the English Department at UMass, Amherst and served there until his retirement in 2005.
Among his professional honors were the UMass Distinguished Teacher Award, the University President’s Award for Public Service, the Outstanding Teacher Award from the Massachusetts Council of Teachers of English, and the Outstanding Innovator Award from the National Committee on Computers in Composition and Communication in 2003.
Until his recent illness, he always was physically active. Charlie ran a number of marathons, including two Boston marathons. In his early 60s, he switched to cycling. Charlie competed in the 2011 National Senior Olympics cycling events in Houston and placed second in his age group in the Northeast Masters Cycling Association in 2013.
Charlie is survived by Kay, his wife of 51 years; son Seth and his wife, Elisa; daughter Amy and her husband, Peter; and three grandchildren. The class extends its sincere condolences to them all.