Charles Reigel Jr.

Reigel Jr., Charles Edwin, 59, of Plantation, Florida, passed away on Wednesday, August 22, 2012. He was born on June 22, 1953, in Cincinnati, Ohio, the son of the late Charles and Susan Reigel. Charles lived most of his childhood in Cincinnati before moving to Memphis, Tennessee as a teenager. He graduated from Memphis' White Station High School in 1971 before attending Northeast Louisiana University, graduating in 1975. During his time at Northeast Louisiana University, Charles was both an accomplished tennis player for the school and an avid runner in his free-time. He eventually received his PhD in pharmacology from the same institution. After completing his education, Charles held the position of associate professor of pharmacology at the University of Illinois at Peoria and Texas Tech University. In 1998 Charles joined the faculty of Nova Southeastern University and for 10 years was chair of the Department of Pharmacology. Charles is survived by one sister, Judith Reigel Giles, her husband, Mark, and their three children: Ellie, Henry and Margaret, of Charlottesville, Virginia.