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Charles Joseph Whitman was born on June 24th, 1941 in Lake Worth, Florida.

He grew up in a middle-class suburban family.

His father was a self-employed plumber and his mother was a homemaker.

Charles had two siblings, brothers Patrick and John.

Charles Father Charles Adolphus Whitman ran his household with an iron fist.

His wife was expected to carry out her duties according to his stringent specifications.

He also expected a high standard from his children.

The consequences for failing to please him

were harsh to say the least. He would cut them no slack

whatsoever regardless of the circumstances. Charlie Jr. was fondly remembered by his neighbors as a polite, playful, and mischievous imp.

He was never cruel and was unfailingly courteous. Most of the parenting was left to Margaret as Charles

Sr. was a staunch believer in the nuclear family model.

Given the era when Charles was growing up, it was hardly a rarity.

So, the Whitman household was typical for its time. The demands of cleaning a house top to bottom and

raising three boys began to take a toll of Margaret after a while and due to burnout she

began to make mistakes. This Charles Senior would not abide. The way he saw it, there was no such thing as a mistake, only a

failure to attend to one's duties with the requisite standard of

conscientiousness.

He made it known that failure was a sign that one wasn't trying hard enough.

He was a self-made man and the hardships he fought his way through instilled this attitude in him.

He felt that because he provided for them as well as he had with a new car, the best house on the block, and the finest and latest

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