Charles Haggett

Charles R. Haggett was born in September 20, 1926. He was the seventh of eight children living on a farm in Louisville, NY. He is a ninth generation American. The Haggetts first immigrated to America in 1643, settling in Northern Massachusetts. Haggett Pond in Andover, MA is named for these early colonialists from England. Chuck graduated Messina, NY High School in June 1944 and enrolled in the Army Air Force cadet program in 1945. He matriculated into Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1946 and graduated in 1950 with a degree in Physics. After graduation, he moved to Santa Monica, CA where he met and married Ginny V. Craig in July, 1953. Together they had four children: Nancy, Jeff, Julie and David as well as 5 grandchildren: Troy, Travis, Stenner, Thomas and Alexis. He was employed first by Douglas Aircraft Corp in Santa Monica in 1953. He was subsequently hired by Lear Jet and then Lockheed Missiles and space where he worked for over 40 years, retiring in 1994. In that time he lived in Alamogordo, NM and Concord, NH before settling in Saratoga, CA in 1962 where he raised his family. In the 1980s he worked on various space programs, some of which are still classified. He also spent time in Saudi Arabia working on air traffic control systems for Lockheed.