Charles Dowd:
CLASS OF 1962
West High SchoolClass of 1962
Rochester, NY
Charles's Story
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Left West upon graduation for Hamilton College. Continued to date Barb Van Dusen '63, who went to nearby Cazenovia College. Married in '65 after my Junior year. Then off to Columbia University in NYC for two years and a BS Electrical Engineering to add to the BA from Hamilton. Barb and I "lived on love"- barefoot in the park- those two years. Back to Rochester for MBA at the U of R. and our first child, Chuckie, born in '68. After grad school off to Connecticut for the first of a number of management positions in Corporate business. Daughters Cindy (1970) and Katy (19...Expand for more
73) blessedly came along, and homes included Connecticut, Pittsburgh, Suburban Chicago, Indianapolis, and now the North Shore of Lake Tahoe in Nevada. Still working as a Group President for Masco Corporation, after serving as President of Delta Faucet Company for 11 years (div. of Masco). No immediate plans for retirement,as we're having fun. Have had a happy 38 years of marriage to Barb, marred by the death of our son Chuck in 1986 at age 18 due to complications from liver surgery, but blessed by two great sons-in-law and four great grandchildren, all currently under 3 yrs. old
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