In Memory Of
Charles William Sorensen
1941
2018
Charles William Sorensen
January 21, 1941 — February 23, 2018
Chancellor Emeritus, Charles William Sorensen of the University of Wisconsin Stout passed away on Friday February 23, 2018 in The Hospice of the Comforter in Altamonte Springs, Florida. Chuck is survived by his adoring wife and partner Toni Poll-Sorensen of Maitland, Florida and his three daughters and their husbands: Elizabeth and Joseph Heyboer of Jenison,Michigan; Heather and Tom Jones of Lake Mary Florida; and Jenny and Dan Strockis of Walker, Michigan.
Chuck and Toni also have seven grandchildren Cameron Jones and his wife Kali, Lauren Broschak and her husband Corey, Cody Heyboer and his partner Kota Streling, Ashlyn and her sister Riley, and Alyssa and her brother Ty Dan. In addition, Chuck and Toni have two great-grandchildren Keegan and Caiden.
Chuck is survived by his sisters Donna Hall and Dorthy Staub and her husband Joe of Moline, Illinois and several nieces and nephews. Chuck was preceded in death by his father Peter and his mother Anna Sorensen, his brother Norman Sorensen, and sisters Mary Lance and Laurie Perrine.
Chancellor Sorensen graduated from Moline High School and holds degrees from Blackhawk Community College and Augustana College in Moline, Illinois. He also graduated from Illinois State University and Michigan State University where he received a Distinguished Alumni Award in 2002.
Chuck spent his professional life as an historian, scholar and administrator. His first position teaching history was in a junior high school in Denver, Colorado. After graduate school he taught at Tri-State College in Angola, Indiana and Grand Valley State University in Allendale, Michigan. Chuck's career then took a turn toward higher education administration. He served as Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Grand Valley State University, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs at Winona State University, and finally as Chancellor at the University of Wisconsin Stout from 1988- 2014.
There will be a celebration of Chuck's life on Saturday May 12, 2018 at 5:00pm at The Newcomer Funeral Home's South Seminole Chapel in Longwood, Florida. Please check their website at www.NewcomerOrlando.com for directions and further information.
The family asks that, in lieu of flowers, donations be made to the University of Wisconsin Stout https://foundation.uwstout.edu/pages/givings/charles-w-sorensen-endowed-scholarship
or The Hospice of the Comforter in Chancellor Sorensen's name.
Chuck and Toni also have seven grandchildren Cameron Jones and his wife Kali, Lauren Broschak and her husband Corey, Cody Heyboer and his partner Kota Streling, Ashlyn and her sister Riley, and Alyssa and her brother Ty Dan. In addition, Chuck and Toni have two great-grandchildren Keegan and Caiden.
Chuck is survived by his sisters Donna Hall and Dorthy Staub and her husband Joe of Moline, Illinois and several nieces and nephews. Chuck was preceded in death by his father Peter and his mother Anna Sorensen, his brother Norman Sorensen, and sisters Mary Lance and Laurie Perrine.
Chancellor Sorensen graduated from Moline High School and holds degrees from Blackhawk Community College and Augustana College in Moline, Illinois. He also graduated from Illinois State University and Michigan State University where he received a Distinguished Alumni Award in 2002.
Chuck spent his professional life as an historian, scholar and administrator. His first position teaching history was in a junior high school in Denver, Colorado. After graduate school he taught at Tri-State College in Angola, Indiana and Grand Valley State University in Allendale, Michigan. Chuck's career then took a turn toward higher education administration. He served as Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Grand Valley State University, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs at Winona State University, and finally as Chancellor at the University of Wisconsin Stout from 1988- 2014.
There will be a celebration of Chuck's life on Saturday May 12, 2018 at 5:00pm at The Newcomer Funeral Home's South Seminole Chapel in Longwood, Florida. Please check their website at www.NewcomerOrlando.com for directions and further information.
The family asks that, in lieu of flowers, donations be made to the University of Wisconsin Stout https://foundation.uwstout.edu/pages/givings/charles-w-sorensen-endowed-scholarship
or The Hospice of the Comforter in Chancellor Sorensen's name.
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