Charles Roe Hardin Jr. ’42

Charlie died of congestive heart failure Nov. 1, 2001, at Fellowship Village in Basking Ridge, N.J. He retired from the practice of law in 1991.

He prepared at Exeter, majored in economics, and was a member of Tower Club. During WWII he served in the Navy from 1942-46, primarily aboard LST 242, in the Pacific theater, including landings at Tarawa, Kwajalein, Eniwetok, Saipan, Leyte, and Lingayen. He was discharged in 1945 as a lieutenant. In 1948 Charlie received his law degree from Columbia and joined his father's law firm, Pitney, Hardin & Ward, in Newark, N.J., which later moved to Morristown. He became an active member of the Chester [N.J.] Township Planning Board, serving as chair for 11 years. A devoted second-generation Princetonian, he never passed up an opportunity to join the class at reunions and other gatherings.

To his wife, Jean, and his daughter, Katharine, the class offers its most profound sympathies.

The Class of 1942