Charles Frederick Huber II ’51

Charlie was born in West Hartford, Conn., Dec. 30, 1929, the son of Thomas C. Huber ’24, and a descendant of Mayflower colonists and Revolutionary War and Civil War officers.  

He prepared at Choate, majored in history, belonged to the Republican Club and Elm, roomed with John Waller, and characterized his days at Princeton as being among the happiest of his life. After graduation, he attended Penn Law School and NYU Graduate School of Business. His Army service was spent in the National Security Agency. He then embarked on a life in corporate finance, eventually becoming a managing director of William D. Witter and a principal in numerous leveraged buyouts.  

An acknowledged expert on early jazz, he was an intimate of jazz greats such as Louis Armstrong and Eddie Condon, and for years sponsored a jazz band at major class reunions. He was an active political conservative, a member of GOPAC, and a prolific writer for various conservative publications.

Charlie lived a life filled with laughter and enthusiasm — a perennial 20-year-old undergraduate reluctantly inhabiting a progressively aging body. He died July 12, 2009, of cancer, and is survived by his sister, Susan Gross, and nieces Melinda Ottmann and Wendy Wassell.