Charles-Therrien-Obituary

Charles Therrien

Pittsfield, Massachusetts

1943 - 2025

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September 12, 2025
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Pittsfield, Massachusetts

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Charles Therrien, known as "Charlie" to his friends and loved ones, a professor, musician and electrical engineer passed away on September 12, 2025 in Monterey, CA.Charlie is missed dearly by his wife of 57 years Judy, in Monterey and daughters Kristen and Lara, in Boston. Charlie was preceded in...

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A longer obituary was published the day after Dad died here: https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/legacyremembers/charles-therrien-memorial?id=59448107

Remembering Charlie Therrien I first met Charlie Therrien in the early 1960´s when we were both students at MIT. As I recall, we were both under the guidance of Prof. Harry Van Trees, then in his first year at MIT from West Point, where he was first in his class academically, as well as in many other measures of West Point expertise . Harry met with his advisees at the beginning of our sophomore year, and his introduction to us as a group included testing our skills in solving a few...

I've known Charlie since we started our education at MIT in Cambridge, MA. Our faculty advisor had asked his group of new sophomores in Course VI (every piece of the Institute can be referenced to a number) some circuit theory questions that were taken from the Doctoral Qualifying exam. Charlie knew the answers