1

Happy Birthday Carl

Banquet Talk

Bob P.

May 15, 2003

2

Early Days

3

Credits for the Material

Becky Meyer Michele Benzi Moody Chu Steve Campbell Nick Rose Myron Henry

4

Vital Statistics

Born: November 22, 1942, Greeley, Colorado Graduated: Colorado State U., 1968. Worked with

Richard Painter (math) and Franklin Graybill (stat). AEC work at Rocky Flats, CO on atomic weapons (1966)

Married: Bethany (Becky) Burrell, (1961) Children: Martin Meyer (1962), Holly Kenney (1964) Grandchildren: Allison and Maggie (more later)

5

More Data

Work: At NCSU since 1968, with sabbaticals to Stanford (1978), UVA (1985), Minnesota IMA (1992), Boeing (1995)

His research areas related to NLA were discussed in elegant detail today! Managing Editor SIAD (1980s).

Play: Guitar (including rock band), Motorcycles, Jogging, Fishing (freshwater), Collecting – knives, nuts and bolts,…(more later)

6

1946

7

Carl and brotherBud, 1947

8

Beginning of theRock Band DaysAge 14 in 1957

9

1960’s Ft. Collins, CO

Before“The Day The Music Died”

10

Off to Hollywood1964, to cut records at Del-fi Studio, who also recorded Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, Bobby Vee.

Songs included“Johnny B. Good”“Midnight Special”“Opp Opp P Doo”

Carl known as “Dizzy Fingers”

11

Becky participated as well!

12

Holly, Martin, Becky and Carl, about 1965

13

Family band with children after moving to Raleigh

14

Recent family band fun with “granddaughter” Maggie

15

From Nick Rose, writing history of Math Dept at NCSU

16

1974 Harley Davidson

17

1985 Harley Wide Glide

18

Some Personal Experiences

Work: - He was instrumental in our move from UTK to NCSU in

1981.Others too: Moody Chu, Ralph Byers, Bob Funderlic, Ilse Ipsen, Nancy Nichols, Steve Wright, …

- We co-authored a paper on iterative methods in 1977, and had some joint NSF projects in the 1980’s.

- Carl works carefully and at his own pace. His recent SIAM text was reportedly written over 20 years

and involved several publishers.

19

More Experiences

Jogging: Lunch hour jogging group – Gil Koh, Jim Selgrade, Ernie Stitzinger, Bob White, Bob P., …

What does Carl pick up along the road while jogging? Ever get injured stretching before a jog?

Fishing: Various pond and lakes in the Raleigh area. Ever catch a raccoon with a fishing lure?

20

Carl's Academic Genealogy

Karl Weierstrass Georg Frobenius

Issai Schur Alfred Brauer

Richard Painter Carl Meyer

21

Fun with “granddaughter” Maggie

Picture that, to me, summarizes Carl