Charlie married Marie Jacobs and together they raised 7 children.  At age 42 Charlie lost his bride and new born daughter Shelia Isabella and carried on to single-handedly raise James Thomas (JIm), Gerald Charles (Jerry), Robert Emmet (Bob), Dennis Michael (Denny), Kathleen Marcella, John Patrick and Paul Francis.  

Charlie's and Marie's guidance inspired their families confidence and promoted educational desires which lead them to outstanding professional successes.  Marie's joy, imagination and vision instilled dreaming and invention and Charlie's practicality and problem solving spawned innovative solutions the children brought to the computer revolution.  

GREATNESS!

All seven children attended universities, three were awarded advanced degrees. Three of the boys served as officers in WWII, two enlisted in the USAF and one served in the USAF ROTC.  Two of the boys served as executives with major corporations and two were consultants to Corporate CEOs worldwide.  Several of the boys achieved worldwide recognition for their contributions in telecommunications, the environment and medical industries.   Two were Founders, CEOs and Named Inventors of patents protecting advanced technologies and are self made millionaires!

UNIVERSITIES:  

Jim - Canisius College and USAF Officers Candidate School; 
Jerry - University of California, Berkeley;  BA, Navy V12 program.
Bob - Naval Academy, BA,  University of Illinois, Masters, PHD;  
Denny - San Jose State, Stanford University, BA, Masters;  
Kathleen - University of Buffalo; BA 
John - San Jose State University;  BA
Paul - San Jose State University BA, Santa Clara University Masters program.

COMPANIES AND POSITIONS:  

Jim - USAF Career Officer and Advisor to Royal Korean Air Force;  
Jerry - Owens Corning Fiberglass - Plant Management and VP Marketing;
Bob - Finnigan Corp.  Inventor and Founder, Mass Spectrometer;
Denny - Stanford Research Institute, VP Managment Systems Division;;  
Kathleen - Macy's Stores,  Director, Nationwide Bridal Program;  
John - Lockheed Martin Corporation, Computer Analyst;  
Paul - Voicemail International - Inventor and Founder, Global Services;
           NetNumber Inc - Inventor and Co-Founder, Network Service;
           Finnigan USA - Principal Partner, International Consulting;

HONORS:

Bob -  American Chemical Society Hall of Fame
Winston Churchill Medal of Wisdom;

Denny - Knighthood conferred by the King of Sweden;
Inductee Royal Order of the North Star; 
Inductee Stanford Research Institute Alumni Hall of Fame;

Paul - Symbolic Programming System for IBM's first business computer.
Inductee - SRI International Alumni Hall of Fame,     
Co-Founder and President - International Voicemail Assoc. 1983 - 1999,          
    

HOW COULD THIS HAPPEN?    READ ON!