CHARLES A. HOYT ’53

CHARLES A. HOYT, a professor of English literature, died June 19, 2017, at age 85. He was a member of Delta Tau Delta and received his degree with honors and with distinction in musicology. He received an MAT from Wesleyan in 1955, and an MA and PhD from Columbia University. A specialist in the Romantic movement and Shakespeare, he was also interested in the study of the occult and was the author of a textbook on witchcraft. He was an accomplished jazz pianist. Among those who survive are five sons, including Samuel W. Hoyt ’99 and John T. Hoyt ’03; and eight grandchildren.