Charles Scott Adler passed on October 10th. He was a true ‘son of Yonkers’. His parents were Ulysses Sam Adler and Besser Adler and they lived on Prospect Dr. Charles was a multi sport athlete in high school, including football and swimming. He won tennis tournaments at several levels.
Charles attended MIT for 2 years. He then received an appointment to West Point where he majored in engineering and graduated in the top 10% of his class. and West Point. In addition he received Masters Degrees from Purdue University and the University of New Mexico.
For 22 years he served in the U.S. Army Signal Corps. This took he, his wife Harriett and his 2 children, Paul and Joyce around the globe. He lived in Japan, Germany, England and many States, including Hawaii before it became a state. The 2 assignments about which Charles frequently shared stories were Iran where he designed communication systems for the Shah; and Sandia Base in New Mexico where he was part of the post-Manhattan project and helped to arm the bombs that were tested in Bikini Atoll.
Charles was an avid golfer and sportsman. During an assignment to Augusta, Georgia, he twice lead an Army battalion that was part of the gallery for the Masters Golf Tournament.
After retiring from the U.S. Army, he had a career as an executive with Martin Marietta in Bethesda, Maryland.
He is survived by a brother, Richard Adler in Oregon, son Paul Adler in Chevy Chase, Maryland, daughter Joyce Adler-Kahn, in Glen Rock, Maryland and 4 grandchildren. Charles’ wife, Harriett, died in 2009.
The funeral will be at 2pm on December 14th at Arlington Cemetery next to Washington, DC.
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