Christopher Carl, 82, of Irvine, CA died February 26, 2021 at Saddleback Memorial Hospital from complications of a stroke.
Chris was born on August 7, 1938 in New Rochelle NY. He was the son of George H. Carl, Sr. and Jane Curll Carl. The family lived in Larchmont, NY where Chris attended Mamaroneck High School. There he won the Bausch and Lomb Honorary Science Award. He then went on to attend the Massachusetts Institute of Technology graduating in 1960 with a BSEE degree. He later went on to earn his MSEE from the University of Southern California in 1966.
In 1961 Chris moved to Southern California to work at his first job at Autonetics, Division of North American Aviation. He remained there until 1963. After Autonetics, Chris worked at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory for 35 years. Chris developed communicaitons gear that flew in Mars orbit (Viking), to the Sun (Helios), and on Voyager. The rest of Chris’ career was in management. He went from group supervisor, to section manager, to deputy division manager and finally, to Manager of the Information Systems Development and Operations Division. He retired in 1998 from JPL, receiving NASA’S Outstanding Leadership Medal.
On June 22, 1974, Chris married Gertrude who me met while on detail to NASA Headquarters in Washington, D.C . They have one daughter, Jennifer.
In retirement, Chris had many interests including American History (focusing on the colonial, Civil War and WWII periods), building precision models of WWII planes and ships, travel (five round trips across the United States by car) and playing tennis. He had a great interest in classical music and its history. Chris also interviewed local high school seniors for MIT as part of the application process. He loved good food and wine and trying out new restaurants with friends.
With all Chris’ achievements, his greatest love was his family. He leaves behind his wife Gertrude of 46 years, his daughter Jennifer and her husband Dr. Michael Louie and his three grandchildren Lauren, Nathan and Isabel. They were his pride and joy.
In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Wounded Warriors Project.
The memorial service will be live-streamed. More information and link to come.
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