		Dr. Albert B. Carson Albert B. Carson, was born on Dec. 7, 1908 in Alpena Pass, Arkansas, a smal1 town of about 300 in the Oxarks, the son of Rosie Jones and Issac Carson, a tie hacker, or one who cut trees for the railroad. From the age of five he was reared by his mother and grandfather as is father, died of typhoid fever. He spent his youth in the Ozarks fishing, trapping young animals, and hiding from his mother that he was swimming in the dangerous mountain streams. At seventeen he began teaching in a one-room school house and working his way through the University of Arkansas where he earned the BS degree. He was granted a fellowship at Vanderbilt University where he received the MA degree. He worked for a short time for an insurance office in Kansas City, Mo, also playing for a jazz band in the evenings, and then taught for a short time in the Louisville, Ky. school system. He attended the University of Chicago where he received his Ph.D. He met his future wife, Catherine, in Chicago and they were married in 1936. After teaching briefly at the University of Louisiana, he joined the armed forces in the summer of 1942 and served at Wright Patterson until 1946. Part of this time was spent teaching mathematics at the Army Air Corps Engineering School, the predecessor of AFIT. In 1946 he became a member of the civil service and joined the faculty of AFIT. He loved ping-pong, playing the banjo and guitar, and woodworking. He was a wonderful husband an loving father of his son Robert and four grandchildren, Paul, Christine, Daria and Stephanie. He became Professor and Head of the Department of Mathematics in 1951, in which capacity he served until retirement in 1974. His professionalism, high standards of performance and excellent teaching ability helped establish academic excellence at AFIT that greatly contributed to the development an accreditation of BS, MS and Ph.D. programs. He was a good man, an excellent teacher, academician, and administrator.

Dr. Albert B. Carson

Albert B. Carson, was born on Dec. 7, 1908 in Alpena Pass, Arkansas, a smal1 town of about 300 in the Oxarks, the son of Rosie Jones and Issac Carson, a tie hacker, or one who cut trees for the railroad. From the age of five he was reared by his mother and grandfather as is father, died of typhoid fever. He spent his youth in the Ozarks fishing, trapping young animals, and hiding from his mother that he was swimming in the dangerous mountain streams.

At seventeen he began teaching in a one-room school house and working his way through the University of Arkansas where he earned the BS degree. He was granted a fellowship at Vanderbilt University where he received the MA degree. He worked for a short time for an insurance office in Kansas City, Mo, also playing for a jazz band in the evenings, and then taught for a short time in the Louisville, Ky. school system. He attended the University of Chicago where he received his Ph.D. He met his future wife, Catherine, in Chicago and they were married in 1936.

After teaching briefly at the University of Louisiana, he joined the armed forces in the summer of 1942 and served at Wright Patterson until 1946. Part of this time was spent teaching mathematics at the Army Air Corps Engineering School, the predecessor of AFIT. In 1946 he became a member of the civil service and joined the faculty of AFIT.

He loved ping-pong, playing the banjo and guitar, and woodworking. He was a wonderful husband an loving father of his son Robert and four grandchildren, Paul, Christine, Daria and Stephanie.

He became Professor and Head of the Department of Mathematics in 1951, in which capacity he served until retirement in 1974. His professionalism, high standards of performance and excellent teaching ability helped establish academic excellence at AFIT that greatly contributed to the development an accreditation of BS, MS and Ph.D. programs. He was a good man, an excellent teacher, academician, and administrator.