He was born on Nov. 14, 1927, in Canton to Charles B. and Laura Marguerite (Bohannon) Hammond.
He is survived by his partner, Joseph Lyles; two nieces; and six nephews.
Preceding him in death were his parents; one brother, J. Robert Hammond; and one sister, Janet L. Chambers.
Charles graduated from Canton High School in 1945. He earned three degrees in Economics from the University of Illinois: BS in 1949, MS in 1954 and Ph.D. in 1958. He was an assistant professor of economics at Muskingum University in New Concord, Ohio; served two years in the U.S. Army; and spent two years teaching servicemen in Europe through Maryland University before beginning a successful career as a loan officer and international economist with the Export-Import Bank of the United States in Washington, D.C.