Charles Alden Black
| Charles Alden Black | |
|---|---|
| Born |
March 6, 1919 Santa Monica, California, U.S. |
| Died | August 4, 2005 (aged 86) Woodside, California, U.S. |
| Cause of death | Myelodysplastic syndrome |
| Alma mater |
Stanford University Harvard Business School |
| Employer |
United States Navy Castle & Cooke Dole Pineapple SRI International Ampex Mardela Corp. |
| Spouse(s) | Shirley Temple (m. 1950) |
| Children | 2, including Lori Black |
Charles Alden Black (March 6, 1919 – August 4, 2005) was a California businessman known for his work in aquaculture and oceanography as well as his marriage to Shirley Temple Black.
Black was born in Oakland, California, in 1919. Black graduated from Hotchkiss School in Connecticut and Stanford University (class of 1940). His father, James Byers Black, was president of PG&E. After attending Harvard Business School for one year, Black entered the Navy in 1941.
He served in the Navy during World War II as an intelligence officer in the South Pacific. He again served during the Korean War as an intelligence officer. After World War II he received his MBA from Stanford in 1946. Then in the late 1950s he lived in Hawaii, working as an executive for Castle & Cooke and Dole Pineapple companies. By the end of the Korean War, he was a lieutenant commander.
Black was an executive at the Stanford Research Institute (now known as SRI International) from 1952 to 1957 and with Ampex Corp from 1957 to 1965. In the 1960s, Black gravitated to what would become the bulk of his life's work—aquaculture and oceanography. He co-founded a hatchery for oysters and abalone and later created Mardela Corp., a fishery and hatchery company headquartered in Burlingame, California, which conducted ventures such as catfish and salmon farming. He later served as a consultant on maritime issues and served as a regent for Santa Clara University.
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