Charles Hurty was born in 1943 in Wichita, Kans., and attended Southeast High School there. In 1965 he graduated from Kansas University with highest distinction with a BA degree. He belonged to SAE fraternity and participated in intramural sports. After graduation he worked about a year as Eastman Kodak in Rochester, N.Y. before answering the call of Uncle Sam. He joined the army as a 2nd Lt in artillery. After serving in Korea, he was discharged in 1968 and joined KPMG in its Dallas office. He transferred to New York City in 1979 and in 1985 was assigned to South Florida where he established an office at West Palm Beach and was made a partner in KPMP Audit Practice in South Florida. He was transferred back to New York City in 1993 and retired in 2001. Since that time, he has served on the board of directors of four different mutual fund complexes and hedge funds and assisted in the establishment and operation of a doggy daycare business, Bandilane Canine Center, in Stamford, CT.
Charles and his wife Jeanne live in Darien and have four sons and eight grandchildren. He belongs to the Darien Boat Club, Tokeneke Country Club, Wee Burn Country Club, Saint Luke’s Church, the Greenwich Kennel Club and the PBGV Club of America. For hobbies, Charles enjoys golf, fishing (catching) with grandkids, guitar and piano, and showing dogs — which he has done for the past 20 years.
