Charles A. Powers Jr. ’65

Charles, known to many of us as “Cap,” died Sept. 2, 2015, having expressed his regrets at being unable to attend our 50th. He was the son of Charles Powers Sr. ’38 and Mary Louise Powers and was raised in Sands Point, N.Y. Cap prepared for Princeton at Buckley Country Day School and graduated from the Lawrenceville School.

At Princeton, he majored in engineering with a focus on photography before earning a master’s degree from RPI in photographic science and marrying Lou Rae Larson. Cap was drafted during the Vietnam War and spent two years at Fort Detrick in Maryland.

He then returned to the family business, Powers Chemco, and later became its chairman, serving in that role until the sale of the business as the world went digital. At the time of his passing, Cap had been working for years as a financial adviser at Wellington Shields & Co. in Locust Valley, N.Y. His public service included presidencies of the Locust Valley Rotary, the Locust Valley Library, and the Melillo Center, as well as service on the board of the Family and Children’s Association.

Cap is survived by Lou Rae; his son, Charlie, and his wife, Laura; his daughter, Christy, and her husband, Colin Allen; sisters Pamela Prokop and Patty Woodlock and their spouses; and grandchildren Charlotte and Caitlyn. The class extends its condolences to them all for the loss of this fine, loyal Princetonian.