Carl Clement

Carl was a genius. I worked for Carl at Spectra Physics and the 2nd employee hired at Clement Laboratories.
Yes he was a perfectionist and demanded you to be the same. So many fun stories I could share about my Dear Friend and the respect I had for him. I miss him.

Although I haven't met Carl, I have met his lovely wife Catherine, Daughter Angela, and his grandson (Griffin). He would be so proud of how they are. What a wonderful family. You can tell how he is a Kind hearted man from seeing how his family is.

So miss you.
Always Susan

I met Carl late in 1989 or maybe 1990. I was helping out a friend on an electrical project at the Clement Estate. I ended up becoming Carl's electrician he was a perfectionist and a genius but my friend could not deal with his attention to detail and asked me to take over the project from him.

Carl and I hit it off right away he was a lot like my father who was also an inventor and perfectionist which came in handy working with Carl as I understood his language. In the mid 90's I became his IT Guy, it was a number years before I found out what a true honor that was (Carl was very modest), he was one of the fathers of technology explosion we enjoy the fruits of today.

We became great friends and broke bread together more than anyone else I can think of. We did many projects together (some that others said could not be done) over the 21 years I had the honor of calling him my friend. I miss him to this day. I will try to post a picture from our last meal together, unfortunately my wife Kathy did not make that trip, but Carl's wife Cathy was right by his side as she was those last few very tough years, attending to his every need. RIP Poppy!

What I remember most about my father Carl Clement, is his sense of humor, his incredible sensitivity when he played piano at the house. How he showed his emotion thru his playing. I'm very proud of his work and designs in the science fields and enjoyed him bringing home laser beam machines, heart machines and the like back in the 50's. I learned a lot from him and it helped me develop my love of science. RIP Poppy, I know that brilliant mind lives on somewhere! Your daughter ADDIE