David K. Carter

Celebrating your 87th birthday today, Dave, this summer solstice the longest day of the year. And just as well it should be, giving us who remember an extra waking moment or two to celebrate and cherish the memories and experiences you gave us. With the passing of these years, it´s become so much more apparent or easy to recognize the gifts you gave us all, for those one on one dialogues and talks left us feeling something special and purposeful. What a promise you were, and days like to...

I miss this man every day since I last saw him. A second father to me and to my children, he is like a grandfather. Although, only one was at the age to meet and appreciate Dave when he was alive, they´ve all grown up hearing the wisdom Dave shared.

David, it's so touching to see all the lives you've impacted in such a positive way even after all these years. I miss our intellectual conversations about life, and your golden speaking voice which always reminded me of a primetime news anchor or famous radio DJ. Thanks for everything.

Happy birthday David! On what was most likely Thursday, January 18, 1990, you entered the classroom and broke into a discussion unlike any I had ever encountered before and have rarely had since you left us in January 2011. Your teaching methods and insightful instruction managed to pack into 5 years more than a lifetime´s worth of learning, and to this day - and hopefully for as long as i shall live - i continue to employ ethics, logic, rhetoric, grammar, and other major topics of philosophy...

Happy Birthday Dave. I wish so much to see you again someday and smile. Missing you in spite of the passage of time. Until that day, I´ll be thinking of you and looking forward to the day...

David Carter was likely THE most influential instructor during my undergraduate years. Here was someone who truly fostered critical thinking and was open minded enough to accept alternate views well justified. I enjoyed my philosophy course immensely (while we smoked in class and this was after the indoors smoking bans were enacted) and so my interactions with David. He ended up sending me my graded final exam (his exams were all long typed assays) to Switzerland while I was serving in the...