Charles F. Clement III ’65

Charlie died Feb. 25, 2015, in Berwyn, Pa., after an extended bout with lung cancer.

Born in Baltimore, he attended the Gilman School and St. George’s School in Newport, R.I. At Princeton, he ate at Charter and earned a bachelor’s degree in mechanical and aerospace engineering. After graduation, Charlie earned an MBA from Columbia and worked for 20 years on Wall Street as managing director of several leading financial institutions. He also ran two marathons during that time. Subsequently he moved to the Philadelphia area and provided educational seminars to major banks and financial institutions and also found time to author five textbooks.

Charlie’s ancestors included one of the judges at the trial of Charles I who was later hanged, drawn and quartered for that act; the representative of the French government who handled the Louisiana Purchase; the president of the Pennsylvania Railroad; and his grandfather, Charles Francis Clement, president of the Winslow-Knickerbocker Coal Co.

He was an active member of several genealogical societies and the Merion Cricket Club, and served as a vestryman of the church in Rosemont, Pa., where he was baptized. Charlie was also an avid fly fisherman, constructing his own rods with painstaking care.

He is survived by his wife, Barbara, and son James ’96. We will miss his effervescent good cheer, lively wit, and great gift for friendship.