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  Charles E. P. Dennison
Charles Edmond Pugh Dennison was born on September 27, 1916, in Overbrook, Pennsylvania, to Clara Elizabeth Pugh, age 27, and Ethan Allen Dennison, age 35. He had one sister Anne and one brother Ethan and in Rye his family lived at 155 Locust Ave.
Raised in Rye, N.Y., he went to St. Paul's School in New Hampshire and graduated from Princeton University in 1939. He was an educator at heart and held numerous positions in higher education. Upon graduation, he taught for two years at St. Andrews School in Delaware
Charles served as an officer in the U.S. Navy during World War II. He served five years of active duty in the U. S. Navy, as a destroyer engineer officer on the USS The Sullivans. (See Navy Muster Rolls)
_underway_at_sea_on_29_October_1962_(USN_1063617).jpg) USS The Sullivans (DD-537) is a retired United States Navy Fletcher-class destroyer. The ship was named in honor of the five Sullivan brothers (George, Francis, Joseph, Madison, and Albert) aged 20 to 27 who died when the light cruiser, USS Juneau, was sunk by a Japanese submarine during the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal on 13 November 1942. This was the greatest military loss by any one American family during World War II. She was also the first ship commissioned in the Navy that honored more than one person. A Rye boy Charles W. Baily was also lost on the USS Juneau.
The Sullivans earned nine battle stars in World War II and another two more during the Korean War.
Charles was later a teacher at the U. S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, his exit rank at discharge was as Lieutenant-Commander.
 After his discharge, he returned briefly to teaching at St. Paul's School, and then earned an MBA at Harvard Business School, and a Doctorate in Education from Teachers College, Columbia University.
Charles came back to Princeton in 1953 and filled various roles including working with alumni teacher placement and teaching part time at the engineering school at Princeton.
In 1958 he was recruited to the U.S. Office of Education in Washington D.C. where he became the Executive Officer for educational research and development. This led him to two years at the State Department for international policy planning during the Kennedy administration, dealing with world literacy and educational issues of the cold war.
Following this position, he took a two year appointment with Rutgers in a Carnegie supported position which brought him back to Princeton. At the end of his appointment, he returned to the office of education as Regional Director of Higher Education in New York.
 In 1970 he accepted the position of the Executive Director of the English Speaking Union of the United States, headquartered in New York.
Since his retirement in 1978, he had been active in both university and community interests and causes. He volunteered for the Trenton Public Schools, the Princeton Regional schools, and was a trustee of the Westminster Choir College. He was also a member of the Nassau Club, Pretty Brook Tennis Club, Springdale Golf Club, Princeton Society of Musical Amateurs, and the Princeton and Union Clubs of N.Y.
Charles Pugh Dennison, 95, a long-time Princeton resident, died October 27, 2011.
At the time of his death, he was survived by his wife of 53 years, Jane; his daughters, Anne and Laura; his stepson, James D. Wharton; and five grandchildren.
A memorial service was held on Saturday, November 26 at 11 a.m. at the Princeton University Chapel.
Arrangements were under the direction of The Mather-Hodge Funeral Home, Princeton.
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