I just heard that Charles Hawkins, or Chuck Hawkins, passed away September 13, 2019 in Ninilchik Alaska. He was born in 1946.
Chuck Hawkins joined Trevor Dupuy’s Data Memory Systems Inc. (DMSI) as a vice-president in 1988. He was a former army captain who fought in Vietnam with a strong interest in analysis of combat. He came into the organization while it was at its peak but was about to crash due to the deep budget cuts that occurred at the end of the Cold War. He struggled on with the collapsing DMSI until around 1992 and closed it down. He then continued work in the industry with a number of efforts, eventually becoming an expert on the North Korea. He spent some time at their border, which always produced a great slide show.
He also worked briefly with me in 1993 on the report I did on Federally Funded Research and Development Centers (FFRDCs) for the Congressional Office of Technology Assessment (OTA). A copy is here:
https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc39765/m1/1/
He was an active participant at The Military Conflict Institute (TMCI) and was still involved in North Korean affairs.
There are two interview videos of him on Youtube: (1) Chuck Hawkins Pt. 1 – YouTube and (1) Chuck Hawkins – Part 2 – YouTube
So sorry to hear that. Chuck was a great guy.
Wow…sorry to hear that. An excellent soldier…
I just watched Parts 1 & 2 of the interview with him on YouTube. What a great leader of men he was! He is another guy with the “right stuff! As a Vietnam veteran myself I, am in awe of him and what he went through and accomplished.. Our time there overlapped but as an aviator, I didn’t go through anything close to what he did. He seemed very together in the interview and was extremely interesting. He should have made General! I’m truly sorry he is no longer with us!!! RIP Hawk!!!
Thank you for the comment. I was not aware of the two interview videos. Put the links to them in the blog post.