Charles A. Sleicher Jr. ’46

Charles A. Sleicher Jr. ’46, of Seattle; Jan. 23. He was professor emeritus of chemical engineering, University of Washington, and a cofounder of Washington’s winery Associated Vintners. He entered the NROTC program at Brown and underwent submarine training with the U.S. Navy. He obtained a master’s in chemical engineering from M.I.T. in 1950 and a PhD from the University of Michigan in 1955. After marrying and moving to California, he worked for Shell Oil (1955-1959) and started a family. He studied fluid mechanics at the University of Cambridge (UK) for a year and in 1960 joined the chemical engineering department at the University of Washington, where he served as chair from 1980 until retiring in 1991. He was active in a play readers group and monthly wine-tasting. He had varied interests from designing and building a log cabin, to teaching himself how to play the banjo. He enjoyed reading and traveling and became an award-winning photographer, leading photo safaris to Tanzania into his 90s. He is survived by daughter Gretchen Sleicher ’79; a son and daughter-in-law; three grandchildren; and brother Harry ’48.