The son of Charles E. Kern and Elizabeth Mills, Charlie was born in Washington, DC. His father was a zookeeper at the National Zoo, so Charlie spent many hours at the zoo and learned about animals "close up." He sometimes helped his father descent skunks and other unpleasant jobs. His father let him swim in the newly painted pygmy hippopotamus tank before the hippos did.
Charlie ran on the Central High School track team and served in the U.S. Naval Air Reserve Force after World War II.
On November 4, 1949, he married Barbara Dawn Dalton, also a native of Washington, D.C.
After taking courses at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy and George Washington University, he worked at Washington Gas Light Co. in the 1950s and at the Krafft Co. in the 1960s. In 1976, he formed Kern Co., which designed and installed heating and air-conditioning systems in large buildings and private homes in the District and Virginia.
Mr. Kern was devoted to classical music and tried for years to master the French horn. In 1980, he answered a call for opera supernumeraries and became a regular performer in productions of the Washington National Opera, the Opera Theatre of Northern Virginia and the Metropolitan Opera when it performed at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. He appeared in 65 productions and kept extensive written and photographic records of each of his 334 performances.
Charlie ran on the Central High School track team and served in the U.S. Naval Air Reserve Force after World War II.
On November 4, 1949, he married Barbara Dawn Dalton, also a native of Washington, D.C.
After taking courses at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy and George Washington University, he worked at Washington Gas Light Co. in the 1950s and at the Krafft Co. in the 1960s. In 1976, he formed Kern Co., which designed and installed heating and air-conditioning systems in large buildings and private homes in the District and Virginia.
Mr. Kern was devoted to classical music and tried for years to master the French horn. In 1980, he answered a call for opera supernumeraries and became a regular performer in productions of the Washington National Opera, the Opera Theatre of Northern Virginia and the Metropolitan Opera when it performed at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. He appeared in 65 productions and kept extensive written and photographic records of each of his 334 performances.
The son of Charles E. Kern and Elizabeth Mills, Charlie was born in Washington, DC. His father was a zookeeper at the National Zoo, so Charlie spent many hours at the zoo and learned about animals "close up." He sometimes helped his father descent skunks and other unpleasant jobs. His father let him swim in the newly painted pygmy hippopotamus tank before the hippos did.
Charlie ran on the Central High School track team and served in the U.S. Naval Air Reserve Force after World War II.
On November 4, 1949, he married Barbara Dawn Dalton, also a native of Washington, D.C.
After taking courses at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy and George Washington University, he worked at Washington Gas Light Co. in the 1950s and at the Krafft Co. in the 1960s. In 1976, he formed Kern Co., which designed and installed heating and air-conditioning systems in large buildings and private homes in the District and Virginia.
Mr. Kern was devoted to classical music and tried for years to master the French horn. In 1980, he answered a call for opera supernumeraries and became a regular performer in productions of the Washington National Opera, the Opera Theatre of Northern Virginia and the Metropolitan Opera when it performed at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. He appeared in 65 productions and kept extensive written and photographic records of each of his 334 performances.
Charlie ran on the Central High School track team and served in the U.S. Naval Air Reserve Force after World War II.
On November 4, 1949, he married Barbara Dawn Dalton, also a native of Washington, D.C.
After taking courses at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy and George Washington University, he worked at Washington Gas Light Co. in the 1950s and at the Krafft Co. in the 1960s. In 1976, he formed Kern Co., which designed and installed heating and air-conditioning systems in large buildings and private homes in the District and Virginia.
Mr. Kern was devoted to classical music and tried for years to master the French horn. In 1980, he answered a call for opera supernumeraries and became a regular performer in productions of the Washington National Opera, the Opera Theatre of Northern Virginia and the Metropolitan Opera when it performed at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. He appeared in 65 productions and kept extensive written and photographic records of each of his 334 performances.
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