Born in Newark, New Jersey, Heising earned his bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from Cornell University in 1945. That year he began a 38-year career with GE, first by graduating from the firm's advanced engineering program in 1950.
After that he was a controls designer for turbojet engines, first at GE's plant in Lynn, Massachussettes and then at the firm's operation in Evendale, Ohio, a suburb of Cincinnati.
From 1960 to 1962, he was in Thule, Greenland working on an early-warning radar system. GE then sent him to Houston, Texas where, from 1962 to 1966, he oversaw reliability management for NASA's Apollo spacecraft program.
In 1966, Heising moved to GE's switch gear division in Southwest Philadelphia, where he worked until he retired in 1983. There he dealt with the reliability of power transmission and distribution equipment.
Heising was the principal author of a reliability handbook used in the design of industrial and commercial power systems. In 1981, the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) gave him its standards medallion for the handbook.
Starting in 1969, he was a member of the IEEE power systems reliability subcommittee on industrial and commercial power systems and starting in 1981 he served as the subcommittee chairman.
In 1985, the industrial and commercial power systems department of IEEE gave him its outstanding achievement award. In 1992, he was named an IEEE Fellow.
As a tournament player, he played with success in many local tournaments and in 1955 he won the Ohio Championship. In 1958 he tied with Ross Sprague in the Ohio Championship, but Sprague was awarded the title on superior tiebreaks.
In the following game from the 1993 U.S. Open in Philadelphia, Heising scores a win over David Vigorito. Heising was rated 1951; he scored +3 -4 =2 and finished in 211th place out of 368.
His opponent was David Vigorito (born 1970) who was rated 2388 and scored +5 -3 =1 to finish in 62nd place; a poor result which cost him 40 rating points! Vigorito went on to gain the International Master title.
Charles Heising–David VigoritoB85US Open, Philadelphia1993Stockfish 14.1
Sicilian Scheveningen 1.e4 c5 2.f3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.xd4 f6 5.c3 a6 6.a4 e6 With the Scheveningen Variation black sets up a solid center with Ps on
d5 and e6 which give him control of d5 and e5 and the flexibility to break in
the center with either ...d5 or ...e5. Black can proceed with rapid
development and he will have excellent counter chances. 7.e2 This is the
classical method in which white plans to build up a K-side attack, typically
by means of a quick P advance. Black will aim for Q-side play on the semi-open
c-file or strike in the center. e7 8.0-0 0-0 9.e3 c6 10.b3 b6 11.f4 b7 12.f3 c7 13.e2 ab8 14.g4 fe8 15.g5 d7 16.h4 16.g2 f8 17.f3 a5 18.h3 g6 19.f1 g7 20.f2 with equal chances. Ivanovic,B (2525)
-Ribli,Z (2610)/Bugojno 1984 16...f8 17.h5 17.f2 This slow build up
was tried in Schmittdiel,E (2440)-Borriss,M (2440)/GER 1997. Black overreacted
and instead of 17...Nc5 with a solid position, he quickly got into trouble with
b4 18.h5 e5 19.f5 d5 20.exd5 e4 21.xe4 xe4 22.xe4 xd5 17...a5 18.d2 bc8 The immediate 18...d5 countering in the center was also a good
choice. 19.g2 c4 20.xc4 xc4 White has the more active position and
could have tried the advance of either the g- or h-Pawn. 21.fd1 21.h6 g6 22.fd1 f5 23.d4 c7 24.exf5 xf3 25.xf3 gxf5 white is better. 21.g6 e7 21...hxg6 22.hxg6 fxg6 23.xg6 with an excellent position. 22.f5
White has good prospects. 21.f5 This is not so good. After exf5 22.g6 22.exf5 xe3 23.xb7 d4 black is better. 22...hxg6 23.hxg6 fxg6 24.exf5 xf3 25.xf3 gxf5 Black is better. 21...g6 Also good was 21...d5 22.hxg6 hxg6 23.d4 c7 24.ad1 c5 24...e5 fully equalizes. 25.fxe5 xe5 26.e2 g7 25.4d2 c6 25...e5 would now lose to 26.f5 gxf5 27.exf5 e4 28.g4 d7 29.h3 f6 30.h4 e7 31.gxf6 h7 32.g5+ g7 32...h8 33.h2 xh2 34.xh2 e5 35.h1 wins 33.d4 xf6 34.xf6 25...d5
This is his best try. 26.e5 d7 27.h3 b4 28.d4 f8 29.h2 e7 and
black's K has sneaked off to safety. The chances are even. 26.b3 Too
passive. More active was 26.Bd4 b7 27.f2 Again, too slow. 27.Bd4 was
still the best move. b5 27...g7 was the best move because after 28.d4 e7 28...e5 29.xc5 bxc5 30.f5 gxf5 31.xd6 c4 32.b4 xb4 33.g6 f6
with what is likely to be a winning attack. 34.h3 29.xg7 xg7 30.xd6 d5 Cutting off the R. 31.e5 b7 32.xd5 exd5 33.6xd5 xc2+ 34.e2 c5
with equal chances. 28.axb5 axb5 29.d4 This routine move is now a
mistake that allows black to equalize. 29.xc5 dxc5 30.e5 c4 31.xc6 xc6 32.e4 g7 33.f6 c5+ 34.g3 xg2+ 35.xg2 h8 36.bxc4 bxc4 37.h2 xh2 38.xh2 h8+ 39.g3 and after white plays Rd7 he will maintain a slight
advantage in the ending. White won five Shootouts from this position. 29...e5 Rather than allowing white to open up the position with this counterattack
black should have gone on the defensive with ...Nd7 and ...Bg7 30.xc5 dxc5 31.f5 gxf5 32.d5 This is a routine move which is just OK because white
missed a nifty tactical shot. 32.d7 xd7 and now 33.d5 The B has been
removed from covering d5 and white has a strong check on f6 which includes a
fork. g7 34.f6+ with much the better position. 32...xd5 33.xd5 f4
This turns out to be the fatal error. 33...c4 was correct...white could
not then play 34.g6 34.f1 34.g6 b6+ 35.e2 xg6 with at least equality.
34...cxb3 35.cxb3 34.g6 ...and wins! fxg6 35.d7 b6 36.1d6 xd6
Capturing with the B allows a mate in two. 
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