Charles Baker Finch was an American businessman. The descendant of early English and Dutch pilgrims, he grew up in Manhattan and attended the Buckley School, Phillips Academy, Yale University, and Yale Law School, where he was editor of the law review The Yale Law Journal. After graduating from law school he argued multiple cases before the United States Supreme Court. Later he was CEO and Chairman of the Board of Allegheny Power System until he was succeeded by Klaus Bergman in 1985. He sat on the boards of dozens of foundations, colleges, and companies, notable among them the New York City Mission, the Josiah Macy, Jr Foundation and Cooper Union, where a lab is named after him. He was also involved in politics, which landed him on the master list of Nixon political opponents. His son Charles B. Finch Jr. made a brief run for the United States Congress in 1984 and also ran for the 15th Congressional District on the East Side of Manhattan in 1986.
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- Staff report (June 28, 1973). Lists of White House 'Enemies' and Memorandums Relating to Those Named; Original List Political Opponents' New York Times
- Smith, Gene (May 12, 1972). Allegheny Power Ending All Marketing Activities. New York Times
- Finch, Charles B. Rivers Behind Hydropower Dams Aren't Dead; Repeal Utilities Act. New York Times
- Daniels, Lee A. (January 8, 1985). Chief Executive Named By Allegheny Power. New York Times
