Charles Snead Houston

Charles Snead Houston
Born(1913-08-24)August 24, 1913
DiedSeptember 27, 2009(2009-09-27) (aged 96)
Education
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Spouse
Dorcas Laidley Tiemeyer
(m. 1941; died 1999)
Children4 (2 daughters and 2 sons)
Parents
  • Oscar Rempel Houston (father)
  • Nelly Snead MacDonald (mother)

Charles Snead Houston (August 24, 1913 September 27, 2009) was an American physician, mountaineer, high-altitude investigator, inventor, author, film-maker, and former Peace Corps administrator. He made two important and celebrated attempts to climb the mountain K2 in the Karakoram Range.