Charles F. Lapine ’58

Chuck died on April 6, 2015, at his home in Oak Park, Ill.

Chuck prepared for Princeton at Glenville High School in Cleveland. At Princeton, he majored in philosophy, writing his thesis on “Bertrand Russell’s Social Philosophy.” He was active in the Orange Key, Hillel, and Campus Fund Drive, and was president of the Cleveland Club.

During his senior year, Chuck married his childhood sweetheart, Shirley Ann Joseph, whom he met in junior high. At the time of our 25th reunion, Chuck wrote, “Unquestionably our greatest accomplishment has been our children, Elisa and Craig ’85, two of the nicest, brightest, concerned, and most decent kids we’ve ever run into.” Unfortunately, Shirley suffered an early death.

In 1973 he moved to the Maryland suburbs of Washington, D.C., where he lived for 40 years. Chuck’s professional life was in commercial real estate. He worked for several large shopping-center developers before going out on his own late in his career. Chuck was passionate about progressive politics, serving on the board of the First Amendment Foundation (now Defending Dissent). He was a tennis competitor, a bourbon appreciator, and a compulsive crossword puzzler.

The class extends its sympathy to Chuck’s children and grandchildren; sister Carolyn Goldfarb; friends Allan and Nancy Lerner; and his cherished companion, Carole Frederick.