Dr. C.J. "Charlie" Albisetti passed away on Friday, May 14, 2004 after a long battle with emphysema and lung cancer.
He was 81 years old.
Charlie was born August 12, 1922 in Union City, NJ, the only child of Charles and Catherine Albisetti, both of whom had immigrated to the United States from Italy as youths.
One of only 5 members of his class at Union Hill High School to go on to college, he majored in chemistry at Rutgers University, where he was elected to membership in Phi Beta Kappa.
He pursued graduate work in organic chemistry at Northwestern University, where he met and married Avis Betty Colbert, who grew up in Akron and Sharon Center, OH.
After receiving his Ph.D. in 1947, Charlie turned down offers of academic positions to take a job with E.I. DuPont de Nemours in Wilmington, DE.
He began his 37-year career with DuPont at the Experimental Station, where he participated in research that led to 6 patents.
His research at Northwestern and DuPont led to several publications in the Journal of the American Chemical Society between 1946 and 1959, some of which continue to be cited by other scholars.
Charlie gradually moved out of the laboratory and into the business side of DuPont as the head of technical sales for the film Tedlar(r), which he had helped to develop.
This position led in 1962 to a transfer to Buffalo, NY, where the manufacturing of Tedlar(r) was located.
He and his family returned to Wilmington in 1969.
After the death of his wife, Avis, in 1978, Charlie married Desiree Bessouda Noble in 1983.
Since his retirement in 1984, they have made their home in Rehoboth Beach, where they celebrated their 20th anniversary last year.
In addition to Avis, Charlie was preceded in death by his daughter, Catherine Mabie, who passed away in 2000.
Services and burial will be held privately.
He was 81 years old.
Charlie was born August 12, 1922 in Union City, NJ, the only child of Charles and Catherine Albisetti, both of whom had immigrated to the United States from Italy as youths.
One of only 5 members of his class at Union Hill High School to go on to college, he majored in chemistry at Rutgers University, where he was elected to membership in Phi Beta Kappa.
He pursued graduate work in organic chemistry at Northwestern University, where he met and married Avis Betty Colbert, who grew up in Akron and Sharon Center, OH.
After receiving his Ph.D. in 1947, Charlie turned down offers of academic positions to take a job with E.I. DuPont de Nemours in Wilmington, DE.
He began his 37-year career with DuPont at the Experimental Station, where he participated in research that led to 6 patents.
His research at Northwestern and DuPont led to several publications in the Journal of the American Chemical Society between 1946 and 1959, some of which continue to be cited by other scholars.
Charlie gradually moved out of the laboratory and into the business side of DuPont as the head of technical sales for the film Tedlar(r), which he had helped to develop.
This position led in 1962 to a transfer to Buffalo, NY, where the manufacturing of Tedlar(r) was located.
He and his family returned to Wilmington in 1969.
After the death of his wife, Avis, in 1978, Charlie married Desiree Bessouda Noble in 1983.
Since his retirement in 1984, they have made their home in Rehoboth Beach, where they celebrated their 20th anniversary last year.
In addition to Avis, Charlie was preceded in death by his daughter, Catherine Mabie, who passed away in 2000.
Services and burial will be held privately.
Dr. C.J. "Charlie" Albisetti passed away on Friday, May 14, 2004 after a long battle with emphysema and lung cancer.
He was 81 years old.
Charlie was born August 12, 1922 in Union City, NJ, the only child of Charles and Catherine Albisetti, both of whom had immigrated to the United States from Italy as youths.
One of only 5 members of his class at Union Hill High School to go on to college, he majored in chemistry at Rutgers University, where he was elected to membership in Phi Beta Kappa.
He pursued graduate work in organic chemistry at Northwestern University, where he met and married Avis Betty Colbert, who grew up in Akron and Sharon Center, OH.
After receiving his Ph.D. in 1947, Charlie turned down offers of academic positions to take a job with E.I. DuPont de Nemours in Wilmington, DE.
He began his 37-year career with DuPont at the Experimental Station, where he participated in research that led to 6 patents.
His research at Northwestern and DuPont led to several publications in the Journal of the American Chemical Society between 1946 and 1959, some of which continue to be cited by other scholars.
Charlie gradually moved out of the laboratory and into the business side of DuPont as the head of technical sales for the film Tedlar(r), which he had helped to develop.
This position led in 1962 to a transfer to Buffalo, NY, where the manufacturing of Tedlar(r) was located.
He and his family returned to Wilmington in 1969.
After the death of his wife, Avis, in 1978, Charlie married Desiree Bessouda Noble in 1983.
Since his retirement in 1984, they have made their home in Rehoboth Beach, where they celebrated their 20th anniversary last year.
In addition to Avis, Charlie was preceded in death by his daughter, Catherine Mabie, who passed away in 2000.
Services and burial will be held privately.
He was 81 years old.
Charlie was born August 12, 1922 in Union City, NJ, the only child of Charles and Catherine Albisetti, both of whom had immigrated to the United States from Italy as youths.
One of only 5 members of his class at Union Hill High School to go on to college, he majored in chemistry at Rutgers University, where he was elected to membership in Phi Beta Kappa.
He pursued graduate work in organic chemistry at Northwestern University, where he met and married Avis Betty Colbert, who grew up in Akron and Sharon Center, OH.
After receiving his Ph.D. in 1947, Charlie turned down offers of academic positions to take a job with E.I. DuPont de Nemours in Wilmington, DE.
He began his 37-year career with DuPont at the Experimental Station, where he participated in research that led to 6 patents.
His research at Northwestern and DuPont led to several publications in the Journal of the American Chemical Society between 1946 and 1959, some of which continue to be cited by other scholars.
Charlie gradually moved out of the laboratory and into the business side of DuPont as the head of technical sales for the film Tedlar(r), which he had helped to develop.
This position led in 1962 to a transfer to Buffalo, NY, where the manufacturing of Tedlar(r) was located.
He and his family returned to Wilmington in 1969.
After the death of his wife, Avis, in 1978, Charlie married Desiree Bessouda Noble in 1983.
Since his retirement in 1984, they have made their home in Rehoboth Beach, where they celebrated their 20th anniversary last year.
In addition to Avis, Charlie was preceded in death by his daughter, Catherine Mabie, who passed away in 2000.
Services and burial will be held privately.
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