Charles Otto Dechand

Background

Dechand, Charles Otto was born on September 7, 1931 in Waterbury, Connecticut, United States. Son of Emil and Marian Ruth (Wirth) Dechand.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Physics, Worcester (Massachusetts) Polytechnic Institute, 1953; Master of Science in Physics, Yale University, 1954; Doctor of Philosophy in Physics, Yale University, 1958.

Career

Consultant physicist, (ABB) Combustion Engineering, Windsor, Connecticut, 1958-1994.

Achievements

• Charles Otto Dechand has been listed as a noteworthy nuclear physicist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Treasurer, president, vice president, secretary, producer Bloomfield (Connecticut) Access Television, since 1984. Volunteer New England Air Museum, Windsor Locks, Connecticut, since 1978. Treasurer Combustion Engineering Employees Charity Fund, Windsor, 1989-1994.

Member American Nuclear Society, Connecticut Society Genealogists, Sigma Xi.

Connections

Married Doris Emilie Robbins, January 13,1962 (deceased February 1994). Children: Charles Clinton, Ruth Emilie Dechand Skodis, William Robbins.

Father:

Emil Dechand

Mother:

Marian Ruth (Wirth) Dechand

Spouse:

Doris Emilie Robbins

child:

Ruth Emilie Dechand Skodis Dechand

child:

William Robbins Dechand

child:

Charles Clinton Dechand