Charles Paul Slavin ’76

It is with great sadness that the class officers report the death of Charles Slavin July 30, 2012, unexpectedly but peacefully, at home in Maine.

Charlie came to Princeton from Bethpage (N.Y.) High School, majored in math, and joined Cap and Gown Club. He roomed with John Cecil, Bob Cousins, Jeff McNeill, Henry Perretta, and Greg Snow. Linda Cahn and Mark Dukas remember well dining with Charlie as freshmen at the Princeton Inn.

Charles was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. He earned his master’s and doctoral degrees in mathematics at the University of Wisconsin, with special interest in the fields of harmonic analysis, singular integrals, and real/complex analysis. In 1984, he began his academic career as a math professor at University of Maine. In 1997, he became director of the honors program, and in 2004 was named dean of the honors college at the University of Maine.

Charlie was a devoted husband, family man, and friend. His personal websites are http://www.librarything.com/profile/cpslavin and http://honors.umaine.edu/people/slavin/, where you can read what Charles wrote about himself.

The class extends condolences to his wife, Nancy Hall; their son, Sam; and the children he helped raise, Matthew and Meagan Westhoven.