Charles Edward Scarlett Jr. ’32

A leader in our class, Charlie Scarlett died of natural causes Sept. 21, 1997, at Anne Arundel Medical Center in Baltimore.

At Princeton Charlie was a member of the undergraduate council for four years, president of our class for two years, and president of the Honor Committee. After graduation and jobs with Standard Oil Co. and Equitable Trust Co., he entered the shipping business, to which he devoted the rest of his life. He was with a family- owned transportation company, Ramsay, Scarlett & Co., from which he retired in 1988 as board chairman. During the 1950s, he was president of the Steamship Trade Assn. of Baltimore. He also served as honorary Swedish consul in Maryland for a number of years.

As an avocation, Charlie dedicated his life to the pursuit of several preservation projects, including the restoration of his 18th-century Georgian home in Annapolis. A scholar of Edgar Allen Poe, he wrote a number of articles and helped develop the Poe Museum in Richmond.

Charlie is survived by his wife, Marie; four children, Kathleen S. Burnett, Patterson S. Swindell, L. Landon, and Charles E. III; eight grandchildren, and one great-grandchild. The class mourns with them the loss of this outstanding classmate.

The Class of 1932