Charles F. Warnath ’49

Charles Warnath succumbed to pneumonia Dec. 16, 2011.

Charles was born April 17, 1925, in Philadelphia and attended Germantown Academy. When war came, and as soon as he was old enough, he joined the Marines. Honorably discharged in 1946, he came to Princeton on the G.I. Bill. He joined Prospect Club, managed the ice hockey team, and graduated in 1949 with a degree in psychology.

Charles earned a Ph.D. in counseling psychology at Columbia University in 1954. While in graduate school he met and married Maxine Ammer, who survives him.

He became a professor of psychology and counseling at the University of Oregon in Corvallis. As the author of numerous books and articles on counseling, he became a leader in the development and improvement of his profession. In his early 50s he was blinded by retinitis pigmentosa. With his seeing-eye dog he kept on going, and his writings became focused on problems of dealing with disabilities.

To Maxine; their children, Cindy Barrios and Stephen; and granddaughters Jeannette and Alexa, the class extends its sympathy on their loss of this achieving and resilient man.