Charles Leaming Tutt III was born on January 16, 1911, in
Coronado, California and later lived in
Colorado Springs as a youth. He was the eldest son of
Charles L. Tutt, Jr., his grandfather
Charles L. Tutt, Sr. was a notable businessman and miner. He had two brothers,
William Thayer, and Russell Thayer, as well as a sister, Josephine Thayer Tutt. He attended high school at
The Thacher School in Ojai, California. He was a member of the
Princeton Charter Club. After working at Buick, he became an assistant professor of mechanical engineering at
Princeton University. Tutt was active in the engineering profession, serving as president of the
American Society of Mechanical Engineers from 1975 to 1976. He received an honorary doctorate from
Norwich University, where he served as a trustee. In 1933, Tutt married Pauline Barbara Shaffer. They had two sons and she died in 1981. In 1982, Tutt married Mildred Dailey LeMieux, with whom he had two stepdaughters. Tutt died in November 3, 1993 in Colorado Springs. == References ==