Ted H. Carlson

I retired from a journalism career that covered four states, and it was Ted Carlson who got me started. I was an OSU freshman in 1971 when I registered for a journalism class because I enjoyed writing and the time slot fit my schedule. That class was the highlight of my freshman year. Prof. Carlson was a remarkably engaging and encouraging teacher, whether in front of the students or through the notes he wrote on my papers. Some of what I wrote for that class was published in The Daily...

Condolences to the family of Ted Carlson, who had a big impact on my professional journalism career. I was in the process (like many) of flunking out of engineering in 1969 when I stumbled into a Journalism 101 class he taught. I immediately liked it; took more classes, had a bit of success, started working on the OSU Barometer, worked as a stringer for The Oregonian my senior year and leveraged all that into a starting job at United Press International. I left UPI in 1975, started working...

Mr. Carlson was one of my journalism professors at OSU. I always enjoyed his classes, and he taught me a lot about sports writing and sports reporting. He seemed like he was interested in his students and we weren't just a number to him. Also remember seeing him at OSU basketball games, cheering for the Beavers, following his retirement. RIP, Mr. Carlson.

I will miss my one-of-a-kind father-in-law. He was sharp, witty and full of love for his family. There are no adequate words to express how much we will miss him.