This weekend I’m thinking about Watergate, the scandal that began when some operatives burgled a Democratic office and got caught. That happened in the run-up to the 1972 election, which Nixon won hugely, in June I believe. I was fishing then, off New England, chasing offshore lobster in Lydonia Canyon out on the edge of the shelf, maybe 120 miles from Nantucket. My skipper, Sten, who passed away in 2000, was an avid reader of…
Charles Sheldon II 2522 North Proctor St PMB 212 Tacoma, WA 98406 toklatcharlie@gmail.com 360-224-0501 Spouse(s): Randa Williams Child(ren): Justine, Jack, Oskar Grandchild(ren): Ollie (12), Solvi (10), Lucy (4), Wyatt (1) in 2018 Education: UMass, MS Wildlife Biology 1971 National Service: Military Sealift Command 2015–2016 Career: Commercial fisherman and Fisheries consultant 1969–1984; Various Ports 1984–2012 (New York, Seattle, Bellingham) as planner, project manager, division director, and executive director; Able Bodied Seaman and Bosun Sailors Union of…
CHARLES SHELDON, II (Charlie). Born April 9, 1947 in Ithaca, New York, son of William Gulliver Sheldon (Class of ’33) and Louise Farwell Taylor Sheldon. Attended Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts. Entered Yale Sept., 1965. Intensive American Studies major. Resident: Davenport. Fence Club; Freshman Crew, 1966, numerals; J. V. Crew, 1967, Minor Y; Varsity Crew, 1968, Major Y. Future occupation: Undecided. Address: 874 North Pleasant Street, Amherst, Massachusetts 01002.
