Brigadier General David Herdman Cameron Sr.

Brigadier General David Herdman Cameron, Sr., 90, husband of Carolyn Mays Cameron, passed away on Wednesday, February 14, 2018, at The Colonnades in Charlottesville, Virginia. David Cameron was born on November 6, 1927, in Southampton, New York, son of late Robert Herdman and Clara Weeks Cameron. General Cameron graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, in the Class of 1950. He served in the Army Corps of Engineers, going on to earn a master’s degree in civil engineering at Princeton in 1956, a master’s degree in mathematics at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1960, and a PhD in civil engineering at Princeton in 1970. He served in the U.S. Army for thirty-eight years, twenty-eight as a professor of mathematics at USMA. He had tours of duty in Korea and Germany and he completed his military career as Department Head, Mathematics, earning the Distinguished Service Medal upon retirement in 1988. After retiring, David and Carolyn moved to the Washington, D.C., area and lived there for fourteen years before moving to Charlottesville. David Cameron was renowned by colleagues and students as a master of the art of teaching, a “Teacher’s Teacher.” His passion for education and commitment to Plutarch’s principle that “a mind is not a vessel to be filled but a flame to be kindled” pervaded his work. In the words of prior student, Col. Rickey Kolb, “General Cameron’s contributions to the Department of Mathematics, USMA, the United States Army and the nation are immeasurable.” David cherished his family and friends and they remember him as an exceptional man of honor and integrity, lovingly devoted to his family, and with a dry wit that entertained those lucky enough to be near him. He was preceded in death by his sister, Barbara Cameron Forbes. He is survived by his beloved wife of sixty-four years, Carolyn, three children (daughter, Leslie Anne Cameron and husband, Ed Colonna, of Arlington, son, David H. Cameron, Jr. and wife, Patricia Cameron of Hamilton, Massachusetts, daughter, Susan Cameron Reres and husband, Tom Reres, of Afton), seven grandchildren (Kelsey Gwyn Butterworth, Kate Cameron Orb and husband, Quinn, Anne Cameron Zgrablich and husband, Andrew, Carolyn Cameron Voge and husband, John, Shannon Elizabeth Reres, Erin Christine Reres, and Matthew Cameron Reres) as well as two great-grandchildren (Grace James Zgrablich and Reese Taryn Orb). The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, February 23, 2018, at the Teague Funeral Home in Charlottesville. A funeral service and burial with military honors will be conducted at Olivet Presbyterian Church at 2575 Garth Road, Charlottesville, Virginia, on Saturday, February 24, at 2 p.m. Those who desire may make memorial contributions to the Wounded Warrior Project.