Charles Hawkins ’52 was born in San Francisco to Walter and Eleanor Hawkins and grew up in Nevada City, California. He graduated from Nevada City High School, attended Placer Junior College and Santa Clara University, and graduated from the University of San Francisco after serving in the United States Air Force. Charlie passed away peacefully on July 11, 2017, in Roswell, Georgia, after living a full life of 86 years. He was predeceased by his wife of 56 years, Dorothy Jean McGurty Hawkins, and is survived by three children, Gail (Doug) Bible of Roswell, Chuck (Melinda) Hawkins of Irvine, California, and Julie (Lauren) Downum of Orinda as well as grandchildren Christopher, Kaitlin and Andrew Bible, Everton Hawkins, and Sarah and Emily Downum.