Dr. Nathan R. Carb Jr.

Dr. Carb influenced my entire professional life. One small example, after Glassboro,in 1966, I graduated Summa Cum Laud from Villanova, easily passing the comprehensive exam, without ever taking a graduate course in Romanticism. i didn`t need one--I had had several from Dr. Carb!

Although I never could begin to match his personality during my 38 years as a community college English literature teacher, I always knew what I was doing--thanks in large part to Dr. Carb.

Nathan Carb. Contemporary European Literature in 1977: Ibsen, Strindberg, Kafka, Camus, Beckett. The best class I had in my three undergraduate universities (NYU, Glassboro, Rutgers). An inspirational model as a man and teacher throughout my life.

Most of my college professors of 40 years ago are long forgotten, but a few from both undergraduate and graduate school stand out...and Dr. Carb was one of these few. His passion for literature and his brilliance along with his enthusiastic and entertaining presentation completely engaged me at a time in my life when I was mostly distracted and disengaged. He lit a spark in me and a love for the English language that endures to this day....and I never missed his classes. An A from him really...

I just heard of Dr. Carb's death and it made me so sad. I had him for American Short Story at Glassboro and he was a treasure. I worked hard for that class and loved every minute of it. He was a brilliant instructor whose passion for his subject was obvious. Our loss is Heaven's gain.

He was my favorite professor. His Shakespeare seminar was the best time I ever had in my college career.

I knew Dr. Carb as 'Bubbie', my mother's cousin. The Raebeck side of the family, are just now learning of his passing. However, I talked with him extensively, just before he retired, about family and genealogy. We had a wonderful exchange and he shared Raebeck family photos I had not seen before.

I am, like the rest of the Raebeck clan up here in the Boston area, saddened by the loss of a wonderful educator.

By the way, my Mom is Arline (Raebeck Baker) Wahn and is still very...

Upon opening the new copy of Rowan Today, I was sad to learn of the passing of Dr. Carb, the most influential and gifted professor I had the honor to know and love during my tenure at GSC in the late 60's and early 70's. My great disappointment is that I never took the time to say those words to him while he was alive. However, I would like his family to know that in my position as a teacher of English Literature for many years, it was Dr. Carb's notes that I used to teach my senior English...

I am so deeply saddened to learn of Dr. Carb's passing. My first encounter with him was as a visiting high school student with a passion for literature. I sat in on one of his seminars, and, as a student was about to read a passage of her writing for his critique, she broke down in sobs. I decided to attend Rowan, but I carefully avoided taking his classes for fear that perhaps he placed too much pressure on his students. I successfully eluded him until junior year. I had to schedule...