Tillinghast was born on January 30, 1911, in
Saxtons River, Vermont. He was the son of
Charles Carpenter Tillinghast Sr. (1884–1961). He attended
Horace Mann School and
Brown University, where he played
football, graduating in 1932. He was on the staff of district attorney
Thomas E. Dewey in New York City and a partner with the law firm
Hughes, Schurman and Dwight. In 1957, he joined
Bendix Corporation, becoming director of its foreign operations. Tillinghast died July 25, 1998, in
Little Compton, Rhode Island. ==References==