ANDERSON, Charles Shelton 90, passed away Thursday, May 7, 2020. Charlie was a graduate of West Virginia University, class of 1952, where he earned his Bachelors of Science in Chemical Engineering. From 1951-1954 he was a petroleum chemist for the Air Force. From 1954-1961 he was a project engineer for the Food Machinery and Chemical Corp. In 1961 he rejoined the Air Force as a Chemical Engineer, Materials Processing Branch of the Manufacturing Technology Division, Air Force Materials Laboratory and spent 30 years with the Air Force. Charlie was a senior Manufacturing Technology (ManTech) Program Manager that ran all of the Air Force and DoD projects in the rocket propellant and munitions explosives areas. He was widely recognized by the propellant industry, NASA, the AFSC Ballistic Missile Division and AFRPL as the person most responsible for even today's propellant and explosives national industrial base. His project portfolio typically involved 8-12 active multiyear programs valued at about $20-25M, with 3-4 in the detailed planning phase. He was "Mr. Propellants". Charlie was recognized as the most organized and disciplined project engineer in the organization. He was fastidious in his development of project justifications, documentation, project plans, schedules, and reviews, etc. He taught others what to expect/demand in a valid ManTech proposal and was highly respected by industry and other government agency counterparts. He sometimes perplexed his colleagues because one could set the clock by his daily routines for hosting meetings, lunch breaks, arrival and departure times, etc. Government and industry visitors were astonished at his personal and professional discipline. Inspectors could never find a glitch. Charlie was also a very fine, kind and gentle man as is reflected in his obituary and remembrance video.