Chuck, 70, died June 6, 2013, in New York City. He graduated from Carroll College in Helena, Montana, and jumped at Missoula in 1966; he was injured in a car wreck prior to the 1967 season but worked at the base that summer.

Chuck taught social science and human rights education in California, New Jersey, New York and Denmark during his career of more than 40 years. He also worked providing humanitarian aid in Mexico, Bosnia and Herzegovina.