Charles C. Smith ’50

Charlie died suddenly of a cerebral hemorrhage in Belleville, N.J., April 15, 2004.

He was a lifelong resident of Newark, N.J. He dated his ancestors back to the Revolutionary War. He graduated from Barrington High School in Newark and served in the Merchant Marine from 1943-46 before coming to Princeton. He was a member of Campus Club and graduated with a degree in mechanical engineering. After working in that field, he made a significant career change by entering the world of academe in 1959, first as an administrator and later as an instructor.

Taking evening courses, Charlie earned master's and doctoral degrees in English from New York University. He began teaching at Rutgers in Newark in 1965, and later moved to the New Jersey Institute of Technology. His major interests were in linguistics and the importance of matching aptitudes and personality traits, based on Jung's work on psychological types, to an individual's career choice. He was retired at the time of his death.

He is survived by his brother, William, three nieces, and numerous great-nieces, nephews, and cousins, to whom we extend our sympathies.

The Class of 1950