By Jack O'Dwyer
Christopher Weymouth Hammond, 75, husband of Lou Rena Hammond and father of Stephen Hammond, founder/chair and president, respectively, of Lou Hammond & Associates, New York, died today in Charleston, S.C., after an extended illness.
He was a longtime New York resident before moving to Charleston 11 years ago.
His professional career included serving as a VP of PepsiCo and Manhattan School of Music. He was director of marketing, Middle East, for Pepsico, residing in Beirut, Lebanon.
Hammond was a graduate of Phillips Academy Andover and Harvard College.
Active in the Charleston community, he was on the boards of the American College of the Building Arts, Charleston Orchestra Association, and the Catesby Commemorative Trust. He was a supporter of the Historic Charleston Foundation and was a member of the Vestry for St. Mark’s Episcopal Church. He was born in Portland, Me.
Friends will be received at the Hammond home at 96 Tradd Street, Charleston, Dec. 6 from 4 to 6 p.m.
The family asks that, in lieu of flowers, donations be made to Historic Charleston Foundation, 40 East Bay Street; Spoleto Festival USA, 14 George St.; St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, 18 Thomas St.; and Doctor Jeffrey Wong Medical Education Fund, MUSC Foundation, 171 Ashley Ave., Charleston.
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