CHARLES H. TURNBULL ’44

CHARLES H. TURNBULL, the former president of Fenwick Engineering, died Apr. 18, 2016. He was 92. A member of Delta Tau Delta, during World War II he served in the U.S. Army and then received his degree in 1947. After working in Alaska and in Philadelphia, Penna., he and his family lived in New Jersey before moving to Connecticut in 1970. He spent much of his career as a packaging engineer, working for Burry Biscuit and Chesebrough-Ponds, among other companies. He also served as president of Fenwick Engineering, was a partner in Resource Recovery Systems, and was the Libertarian Party candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut in 1982. After retirement, he volunteered in a New London, Conn., magnet school. He was also a sculptor and a published writer of nearly a dozen books, and numerous articles and essays. His wife, Priscilla Dickson Turnbull, survives, as do three children, seven grandchildren, and eight great-grandchildren.