Charles McAlpin Pyle ’46

CHARLIE DIED peacefully at home in Dedham, Mass., Apr. 12, 1993, after a courageous struggle against pulmonary fibrosis. After an early childhood in Morristown, N.J., his family moved to the Boston area, where he graduated from Brooks School. Charlie entered Princeton with a distinguished heritage of many Pyle and McAlpin family ancestors and contemporaries. Leaving Princeton in 1943, he served in the army air force as a navigator in the Fifth and Seventh Air Forces, and was discharged as a lieutenant in 1946. Rather than returning to Princeton, he earned a degree from Babson College.

Charlie's professional career encompassed 35 years with Boston Safe Deposit & Trust Co., from which he retired as V.P. He then served as an investment advisor to a Boston law firm. His contributions to civic organizations included 20 years as treasurer of the Boston Center for Blind Children. Amateur golf became his principal avocationboth playing and administrationand he excelled in it. Charlie was club champion at three Bostonarea country clubs, and he qualified for the U.S.G.A. Amateurs. He gave his time generously as president of both the Massachusetts and New England Golf Assns., and was elected to several officer's positions in the U.S.G.A. Recently, he was honored by the Massachusetts Golf Assn. with its Distinguished Service Award.

Charlie leaves his widow, Margot; his daughter, Elizabeth; and three sons: Charles III, Stuart, and Russell '91. He was predeceased by son Duncan. The class offers its sincere sympathy to them. We shall miss this generous and warmhearted classmate.

The Class of 1946