Carl was born in Tollhouse, which is located in the Sierra foothills above Fresno. His father was an insurance agent in Fresno and mother was a schoolteacher in Fresno. His father, who grew up in the Fresno area, had a great love of the outdoors and would take Carl fishing and hunting. His mother grew up in Siskiyou County and her sister Rosa Tomasi lived in Santa Rosa. Carl spent time during summer in Santa Rosa with his cousins and in Fresno he spent summers swimming in the irrigation canals. He would take a rope and tie it to a Model A and drive it along the levies while towing a water skier in the canal.
After graduating from Fresno High School he was accepted to UC Berkeley where he lived with his cousin John "Jack" Macaulay and, for a while, his grandfather Thomas Macaulay. While in college, on the weekends he would go to the resorts in the Lake Tahoe area where he played the banjo in a group. This helped him earn some spending money. He graduated from UCB with a degree in Mechanical Engineering in 1936.
After graduating he took a job in Fresno doing roofing as this was during the depression and jobs were hard to find. He didn't care for the heat in Fresno and moved down to Los Angeles where he worked for the movie studios doing special effects during WWII. After the war he got a job with Douglas Aircraft. It was around this time when he met his wife to be Gladys who worked in fashion design, he was 36 and she was 26. Carl worked ten years for Douglas then he started working for the Navy Procurement office in Pasadena where he worked until around 1969 when he then started working at the LAAFB in El Segundo. He retired in 1976.
After graduating from Fresno High School he was accepted to UC Berkeley where he lived with his cousin John "Jack" Macaulay and, for a while, his grandfather Thomas Macaulay. While in college, on the weekends he would go to the resorts in the Lake Tahoe area where he played the banjo in a group. This helped him earn some spending money. He graduated from UCB with a degree in Mechanical Engineering in 1936.
After graduating he took a job in Fresno doing roofing as this was during the depression and jobs were hard to find. He didn't care for the heat in Fresno and moved down to Los Angeles where he worked for the movie studios doing special effects during WWII. After the war he got a job with Douglas Aircraft. It was around this time when he met his wife to be Gladys who worked in fashion design, he was 36 and she was 26. Carl worked ten years for Douglas then he started working for the Navy Procurement office in Pasadena where he worked until around 1969 when he then started working at the LAAFB in El Segundo. He retired in 1976.
Carl was born in Tollhouse, which is located in the Sierra foothills above Fresno. His father was an insurance agent in Fresno and mother was a schoolteacher in Fresno. His father, who grew up in the Fresno area, had a great love of the outdoors and would take Carl fishing and hunting. His mother grew up in Siskiyou County and her sister Rosa Tomasi lived in Santa Rosa. Carl spent time during summer in Santa Rosa with his cousins and in Fresno he spent summers swimming in the irrigation canals. He would take a rope and tie it to a Model A and drive it along the levies while towing a water skier in the canal.
After graduating from Fresno High School he was accepted to UC Berkeley where he lived with his cousin John "Jack" Macaulay and, for a while, his grandfather Thomas Macaulay. While in college, on the weekends he would go to the resorts in the Lake Tahoe area where he played the banjo in a group. This helped him earn some spending money. He graduated from UCB with a degree in Mechanical Engineering in 1936.
After graduating he took a job in Fresno doing roofing as this was during the depression and jobs were hard to find. He didn't care for the heat in Fresno and moved down to Los Angeles where he worked for the movie studios doing special effects during WWII. After the war he got a job with Douglas Aircraft. It was around this time when he met his wife to be Gladys who worked in fashion design, he was 36 and she was 26. Carl worked ten years for Douglas then he started working for the Navy Procurement office in Pasadena where he worked until around 1969 when he then started working at the LAAFB in El Segundo. He retired in 1976.
After graduating from Fresno High School he was accepted to UC Berkeley where he lived with his cousin John "Jack" Macaulay and, for a while, his grandfather Thomas Macaulay. While in college, on the weekends he would go to the resorts in the Lake Tahoe area where he played the banjo in a group. This helped him earn some spending money. He graduated from UCB with a degree in Mechanical Engineering in 1936.
After graduating he took a job in Fresno doing roofing as this was during the depression and jobs were hard to find. He didn't care for the heat in Fresno and moved down to Los Angeles where he worked for the movie studios doing special effects during WWII. After the war he got a job with Douglas Aircraft. It was around this time when he met his wife to be Gladys who worked in fashion design, he was 36 and she was 26. Carl worked ten years for Douglas then he started working for the Navy Procurement office in Pasadena where he worked until around 1969 when he then started working at the LAAFB in El Segundo. He retired in 1976.
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BELOVED HUSBAND OF GLADYS, FATHER OF NEAL, KENT BRUCE AND KIRK, GRANDFATHER OF SHAWN, BROOKE, KERRY, CORINA, JULIA AND TALIA. WE LOVE YOU, MOM AND DAD!
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