CHARLES ALFORD TARPLEY passed away on April 12, 2020, after many years of service to the Southern Methodist University community as a distinguished alumnus and Chairman of the Board of Advisors for the SMU Air Law Symposium. He will be deeply missed. What to say about an old friend and much-admired professional colleague in a page or two? Charles was a big personality, as big as his beloved home state of Texas. He was multifaceted-like a well-cut jewel-in pursuing careers as an electrical engineer, Air Force officer and pilot, commercial airline pilot, aviation trial lawyer, and aviation insurance executive. Charles successfully melded the various aspects of his professional life into a wonderfully coherent whole. He was a vigorous advocate for the SMU Air Law Symposium, a symposium that he proudly described as the "biggest, one of the oldest, and the finest."
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