Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. However, one of his most treasured accomplishments was exposing students to what all the world offered. He lived a large life and wanted to show his students that they could do the same. “I signed up for just about everything he taught,” recalled


Brendan Blowers ’03. “If you listened and paid attention, you would learn so much about the human experience and how to deal with people.” Blowers, an English and drama major with a concentration in writing, played the lead in Queens’ production of Everyman his senior year and remembered Charles pulling him aside during a final rehearsal. Te dapper professor told Blowers how proud he was that he had incorporated so much of what he had learned at Queens into the role. “As I look back, it was one of the highlights of my time in


“WHEN HE WAS TALKING TO YOU, YOU FELT LIKE HIS FOCUS WAS COMPLETELY ON YOU.” —Suzy Sulsona ’97


the drama program at Queens,” Blowers said, adding that later that year he invited the Hadleys to a graduation party at his humble apartment with fellow college students. “Tey showed up, and Dr. Hadley got along great with everybody. He had that ability.”


Whether Charles was guiding students who were away from home for the first time or coaching stars such as Vivien Leigh, Rue McClanahan, Robert Duvall or Scarlett Johansson on diction, he could connect on any level with anyone. His talent for meeting people wherever they were in life was instrumental in his role as an educator. Not only did students arrive to his class on time for fear of being locked out, they never contemplated skipping. “He just had this way of making you feel special and feel present in every single class, which is why you never missed his class,


“I SIGNED UP FOR JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING HE TAUGHT. IF YOU LISTENED AND PAID ATTENTION, YOU WOULD LEARN SO MUCH ABOUT THE HUMAN EXPERIENCE AND HOW


TO DEAL WITH PEOPLE.” —Brendan Blowers ’03


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