Charles Cada Post ’74
Charles Cada Post ’74 of Decatur, Georgia, succumbed to cancer on November 1, 2019, while living life to the fullest on a Caribbean cruise. Charlie came to Hanover from Fairview Park, Ohio. At Dartmouth he was a member of the gymnastics team, Glee Club, and Phi Tau. He participated in the Mainz, Germany, foreign study program spring term sophomore year, followed by a summer working as a waiter in the Bavarian resort town of Oberstdorf. He graduated cum laude with distinction in history. After Dartmouth Charlie earned an M.A. in communications from the University of Maryland in College Park and began a 15-year career in journalism with Washington Monthly, Columbia Journalism Review, People, and Fortune. In 1992 Charlie joined brother John’s industrial automation technology business, TSI Solutions, in Stone Mountain, Georgia. Upon John’s retirement in 2010 Charlie and John’s son purchased the business and Charlie became president of the company. Charlie’s greatest accomplishment was helping to bring up sons Daniel and Nathan, both of whom now work at TSI. Charlie loved international travel. In 2013 he met Patti Hope on a pilgrimage trip to Turkey visiting the cities where St. Paul founded churches. Charlie and Patti married in August 2019. Charlie also enjoyed cooking, bicycling, and singing. He was a member of the Trey Clegg Singers, a multicultural choir in Atlanta. Charlie is survived by Patti, Daniel, Nathan, former wife Ann, brother John, sister Cindy, and two grandchildren.
