Charles R. Ayers ’58

Charlie died Oct. 10, 2014.

He came to Princeton from Episcopal High School in Alexandria, Va. He majored in chemistry and joined Tiger Inn. Charlie was deeply involved in music, joining Triangle Club, the Glee Club, Madrigal Club, and the Savoyards. Junior year he roomed with Bob Nilson, Norris Lankford, Charlie Babcock, and Joe Lawrence.

After graduating from Princeton, he became a pediatric cardiologist fellow at Duke University, where he was elected to the Alpha Omega Alpha honor society.

Charlie then moved to California, where he established the specialty of emergency medicine at Kaweah Delta Hospital and was the original CEP Emergency Department medical director. As director, he initiated the peer-review and continuous quality-improvement processes still used in the hospital today.

Charlie loved music, astronomy, fishing, and sailing. He taught himself Spanish in order to improve his treatment of non-English-speaking patients. He started learning Shotokan karate when he was 50.

To his wife, Leslie Adams; his daughters, Kim and Debbie; son Blake; and his grandchildren, Maya and Nick; the class sends sympathy.