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In
Memory of
Charles
P. Stetson, Sr.
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| Birth
Date: |
September
16, 1919 |
| Married: |
Barbara
Brown, October 1, 1942
Four children, nine grandchildren |
| Occupation: |
Retired-President
of Stetson Securities Corporation
Chairman, The U.S. Fund for Leadership Training, Inc. |
| Education: |
Graduated,
The Choate School, 1938
Yale University, B.S. 1942 |
Church
and
Related Affiliations: |
Trinity
Baptist Church, Fairfield, CT
Member, New England Council, Prison Fellowship Ministries
Coordinator, 1992 and 1993 National Bible Week Breakfast
Director, Bible Literacy Project
National Board of Advisors, Marriage Savers, Inc.
Former Director, The Inner-City Foundation for Charity and Education
Member, Management Board, Glacier Society |
Southern
Africa
Interests: |
Founding
Trustee, Outward Bound Trust of South Africa
Former Member of Vice President Bush's "Issues Task Group"
on sub-Saharan Africa |
| Military
Service: |
Lieutenant
U.S.N.R. (1942-1946) , served in Motor Torpedo Boat Squadrons
18 and 27 in Southwest Pacific. September 1945 assigned to escort
VADM Kamada, the Japanese Admiral, to the surrender off Dutch
Borneo (now Indonesia)
Director, Peter Tare, Inc. (organization of former MTB officers)
Former President (1989-1992), Life Member, U.S. Naval War College
Foundation, Newport, Rhode Island |
Government
Service: |
Elected
to First Representative Town Meeting, Westport, CT |
Sports
and
Goodwill
Overseas: |
Former
Captain of U.S. People-to-People Tennis team which toured Europe,
Africa and Australasia
Member, New York Yacht Club |
| Awards: |
1988
Recipient of the Kurt Hahn Award for outstanding service to
Outward Bound
1995 Recipient of Sacred Heart University/Reaps Award of Excellence
for outstanding service to Church and Community
1998 Citation from the Connecticut General Assembly for service
to families as Chairman of the Family Institute of Connecticut
(1995-1997)
1998 Recipient with wife, Barbara, of the Family Research Council's
Family, Faith and Freedom Award
2001 Recipient of the Outward Bound International distinguished
Service Award |
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