Charles Elliot Lane ’30

Charley died Jan. 4, 2003, in NYC; he was 94.

Six of Charley's boyhood years were spent in China, where his father, an architect, was involved in the construction of Tsing Hua College with funds from the Boxer Rebellion indemnity. Charley attended the Chinese-American School, to which he was conveyed by rickshaw. Charley graduated from Glen Ridge [N.J.] High School.

At Princeton he studied public administration and political science. He was a member of Terrace Club. After graduation he worked in real estate with White and White. In 1941 he went to work for the federal Public Housing Authority in DC. During WWII, Charley enlisted in the Navy, went to OCS, and was commissioned a lieutenant j.g. He served on Guam, providing housing for the natives after the Japanese evacuation and destruction. After the war, he worked for NY Life Insurance Co., becoming second vice president of the real estate department. Charley was a supporter of community affairs, including Neighbors United and the Lenox Hill Neighborhood Association.

He married Ethel May Vincent in 1934. She died in 1996. He leaves a daughter, Ann Lane Breit; a sister; and numerous nieces and nephews to whom he was a mentor, and by whom he was known as "Uncle Gerg" or in Chinese "Big Brother." The class extends its sympathy.

The Class of 1930