Dad was born July 23, 1928 and raised in Kansas City Missouri. He was the second oldest of 5 children to the parents of James Albertie Carothers and Maude Elizabeth (Grimshaw) Carothers. He had three brothers LaVerne, Robert "Bob", and Daryl who preceded him in death and one sister Nancy who passed after in 2020.
Dad married mom (Joan Clark) in North Hollywood, CA on March 19, 1954. He had met her at Lockheed while he was on assignment from IBM at Lockheed.
Dad died at Lady Fatima in Saratoga, CA while in hospice. He had been admitted to the hospital towards the end of January 2017; shortly after admittance due to failing organs he was transfered into hospice. We went weekly to visit, celebrated Super Bowl with him, he started physical therapy and appeared to be recovering. However he got a terrible flue that many of us got when visiting that last weekend of his life and he never recovered. My brother Tim was with him the night/early morning he passed and shared that Dad opened his eyes to see Tim with a tear in his eye as Tim told him he was the best Dad ever and it was okay to go. At 4:30 am I got the call he was gone.
Dad went into the Navy in 1947 and was on the muster roll of Newman K Perry in 1948 and for a few years which qualified him for the GI Bill to go to College. He was discharged from the Naval Reserve in 1953.
He graduated from the University of Kansas with a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering. IBM hired him in 1951 at Poughkeepsie, NY where he assisted in the development of the testing of the IBM 701 computer from 1951 to 1953. Other IBM experience included: 1953-1954 as a customer engineer, CE-Calculator, in support of the Lockheed Aircraft 701 installation, which is where he met and married his future wife Joan Clark who was a punch card operator; 1954 returned to Poughkeepsie where he designed the operational control logic for the 770 Tap Sorter Calculator; the first of five children was born in Poughkeepsie; 1955 was transfered to San Jose where he initially wrote the Customer Engineering manuals for the 305A RAMAC; 1956 developed the 380 Console for the 305 RAMAC; became the electrial Product Engineer for the 350 in 1957 and carried it through Product Test and release; 1958 responsible for the electral logic -35X; 1959 joined the Low Cost File Program and was responsible for the electrical design of this unit until 1960 when assumed the program responsibility; in 1961 he and team provided the 500 bpi 1793 for the use on the 1720 (five models) which was announced in 1962 and attaches to the following systems: 1440, 1460, 1401, 1410, 1240, 1620, 1710, 7010, nad 7740; responsible for the 1311 File line and Program Manger for the 2311. Attended IBM Executive Development Program in 1964. Received Master Award - Product Engineering Publications - for the 1311 Data Disk Storage in 1963. Presented paper on the 1311 at Fall Joint Computer Conference in 1963. In May 1968 Dad along with Jack Harper were recognized as New IBM Fellows where they receiveds $30,000 at a huge IBM Awards Celebration Dinner in NY for their major contributions in the development of the removable computer disk pack and which was widely used in computer systems. Dad had been offered the position to run the IBM plant in England but turned it down because of family.
Dad bowled, played racket ball, and tennis. Dad and mom had 5 children, built a house in Saratoga where the family grew up. He retired at age 62. He raised funds for Parkinson Disease, a disease that one of his brothers LaVerned died from. Dad had a dry sense of humor. He was personable, positive and supportive of family and friends. Great dad to me and to my sisters Donna Jo (Carothers) MacLennan, Janice Sue (Carothers) Kuivenhoven, and brothers Daniel Clark Carothers, and Timothy Jay Carothers. Dad died on my first day of retirement. I had told him for months my specific retirement date months in advance of him going into hospice and I believe Dad waited til that date so I could step in to help mom through the tough months that followed. Karen Lee Carothers Stoyanowski
Dad married mom (Joan Clark) in North Hollywood, CA on March 19, 1954. He had met her at Lockheed while he was on assignment from IBM at Lockheed.
Dad died at Lady Fatima in Saratoga, CA while in hospice. He had been admitted to the hospital towards the end of January 2017; shortly after admittance due to failing organs he was transfered into hospice. We went weekly to visit, celebrated Super Bowl with him, he started physical therapy and appeared to be recovering. However he got a terrible flue that many of us got when visiting that last weekend of his life and he never recovered. My brother Tim was with him the night/early morning he passed and shared that Dad opened his eyes to see Tim with a tear in his eye as Tim told him he was the best Dad ever and it was okay to go. At 4:30 am I got the call he was gone.
Dad went into the Navy in 1947 and was on the muster roll of Newman K Perry in 1948 and for a few years which qualified him for the GI Bill to go to College. He was discharged from the Naval Reserve in 1953.
He graduated from the University of Kansas with a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering. IBM hired him in 1951 at Poughkeepsie, NY where he assisted in the development of the testing of the IBM 701 computer from 1951 to 1953. Other IBM experience included: 1953-1954 as a customer engineer, CE-Calculator, in support of the Lockheed Aircraft 701 installation, which is where he met and married his future wife Joan Clark who was a punch card operator; 1954 returned to Poughkeepsie where he designed the operational control logic for the 770 Tap Sorter Calculator; the first of five children was born in Poughkeepsie; 1955 was transfered to San Jose where he initially wrote the Customer Engineering manuals for the 305A RAMAC; 1956 developed the 380 Console for the 305 RAMAC; became the electrial Product Engineer for the 350 in 1957 and carried it through Product Test and release; 1958 responsible for the electral logic -35X; 1959 joined the Low Cost File Program and was responsible for the electrical design of this unit until 1960 when assumed the program responsibility; in 1961 he and team provided the 500 bpi 1793 for the use on the 1720 (five models) which was announced in 1962 and attaches to the following systems: 1440, 1460, 1401, 1410, 1240, 1620, 1710, 7010, nad 7740; responsible for the 1311 File line and Program Manger for the 2311. Attended IBM Executive Development Program in 1964. Received Master Award - Product Engineering Publications - for the 1311 Data Disk Storage in 1963. Presented paper on the 1311 at Fall Joint Computer Conference in 1963. In May 1968 Dad along with Jack Harper were recognized as New IBM Fellows where they receiveds $30,000 at a huge IBM Awards Celebration Dinner in NY for their major contributions in the development of the removable computer disk pack and which was widely used in computer systems. Dad had been offered the position to run the IBM plant in England but turned it down because of family.
Dad bowled, played racket ball, and tennis. Dad and mom had 5 children, built a house in Saratoga where the family grew up. He retired at age 62. He raised funds for Parkinson Disease, a disease that one of his brothers LaVerned died from. Dad had a dry sense of humor. He was personable, positive and supportive of family and friends. Great dad to me and to my sisters Donna Jo (Carothers) MacLennan, Janice Sue (Carothers) Kuivenhoven, and brothers Daniel Clark Carothers, and Timothy Jay Carothers. Dad died on my first day of retirement. I had told him for months my specific retirement date months in advance of him going into hospice and I believe Dad waited til that date so I could step in to help mom through the tough months that followed. Karen Lee Carothers Stoyanowski
Dad was born July 23, 1928 and raised in Kansas City Missouri. He was the second oldest of 5 children to the parents of James Albertie Carothers and Maude Elizabeth (Grimshaw) Carothers. He had three brothers LaVerne, Robert "Bob", and Daryl who preceded him in death and one sister Nancy who passed after in 2020.
Dad married mom (Joan Clark) in North Hollywood, CA on March 19, 1954. He had met her at Lockheed while he was on assignment from IBM at Lockheed.
Dad died at Lady Fatima in Saratoga, CA while in hospice. He had been admitted to the hospital towards the end of January 2017; shortly after admittance due to failing organs he was transfered into hospice. We went weekly to visit, celebrated Super Bowl with him, he started physical therapy and appeared to be recovering. However he got a terrible flue that many of us got when visiting that last weekend of his life and he never recovered. My brother Tim was with him the night/early morning he passed and shared that Dad opened his eyes to see Tim with a tear in his eye as Tim told him he was the best Dad ever and it was okay to go. At 4:30 am I got the call he was gone.
Dad went into the Navy in 1947 and was on the muster roll of Newman K Perry in 1948 and for a few years which qualified him for the GI Bill to go to College. He was discharged from the Naval Reserve in 1953.
He graduated from the University of Kansas with a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering. IBM hired him in 1951 at Poughkeepsie, NY where he assisted in the development of the testing of the IBM 701 computer from 1951 to 1953. Other IBM experience included: 1953-1954 as a customer engineer, CE-Calculator, in support of the Lockheed Aircraft 701 installation, which is where he met and married his future wife Joan Clark who was a punch card operator; 1954 returned to Poughkeepsie where he designed the operational control logic for the 770 Tap Sorter Calculator; the first of five children was born in Poughkeepsie; 1955 was transfered to San Jose where he initially wrote the Customer Engineering manuals for the 305A RAMAC; 1956 developed the 380 Console for the 305 RAMAC; became the electrial Product Engineer for the 350 in 1957 and carried it through Product Test and release; 1958 responsible for the electral logic -35X; 1959 joined the Low Cost File Program and was responsible for the electrical design of this unit until 1960 when assumed the program responsibility; in 1961 he and team provided the 500 bpi 1793 for the use on the 1720 (five models) which was announced in 1962 and attaches to the following systems: 1440, 1460, 1401, 1410, 1240, 1620, 1710, 7010, nad 7740; responsible for the 1311 File line and Program Manger for the 2311. Attended IBM Executive Development Program in 1964. Received Master Award - Product Engineering Publications - for the 1311 Data Disk Storage in 1963. Presented paper on the 1311 at Fall Joint Computer Conference in 1963. In May 1968 Dad along with Jack Harper were recognized as New IBM Fellows where they receiveds $30,000 at a huge IBM Awards Celebration Dinner in NY for their major contributions in the development of the removable computer disk pack and which was widely used in computer systems. Dad had been offered the position to run the IBM plant in England but turned it down because of family.
Dad bowled, played racket ball, and tennis. Dad and mom had 5 children, built a house in Saratoga where the family grew up. He retired at age 62. He raised funds for Parkinson Disease, a disease that one of his brothers LaVerned died from. Dad had a dry sense of humor. He was personable, positive and supportive of family and friends. Great dad to me and to my sisters Donna Jo (Carothers) MacLennan, Janice Sue (Carothers) Kuivenhoven, and brothers Daniel Clark Carothers, and Timothy Jay Carothers. Dad died on my first day of retirement. I had told him for months my specific retirement date months in advance of him going into hospice and I believe Dad waited til that date so I could step in to help mom through the tough months that followed. Karen Lee Carothers Stoyanowski
Dad married mom (Joan Clark) in North Hollywood, CA on March 19, 1954. He had met her at Lockheed while he was on assignment from IBM at Lockheed.
Dad died at Lady Fatima in Saratoga, CA while in hospice. He had been admitted to the hospital towards the end of January 2017; shortly after admittance due to failing organs he was transfered into hospice. We went weekly to visit, celebrated Super Bowl with him, he started physical therapy and appeared to be recovering. However he got a terrible flue that many of us got when visiting that last weekend of his life and he never recovered. My brother Tim was with him the night/early morning he passed and shared that Dad opened his eyes to see Tim with a tear in his eye as Tim told him he was the best Dad ever and it was okay to go. At 4:30 am I got the call he was gone.
Dad went into the Navy in 1947 and was on the muster roll of Newman K Perry in 1948 and for a few years which qualified him for the GI Bill to go to College. He was discharged from the Naval Reserve in 1953.
He graduated from the University of Kansas with a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering. IBM hired him in 1951 at Poughkeepsie, NY where he assisted in the development of the testing of the IBM 701 computer from 1951 to 1953. Other IBM experience included: 1953-1954 as a customer engineer, CE-Calculator, in support of the Lockheed Aircraft 701 installation, which is where he met and married his future wife Joan Clark who was a punch card operator; 1954 returned to Poughkeepsie where he designed the operational control logic for the 770 Tap Sorter Calculator; the first of five children was born in Poughkeepsie; 1955 was transfered to San Jose where he initially wrote the Customer Engineering manuals for the 305A RAMAC; 1956 developed the 380 Console for the 305 RAMAC; became the electrial Product Engineer for the 350 in 1957 and carried it through Product Test and release; 1958 responsible for the electral logic -35X; 1959 joined the Low Cost File Program and was responsible for the electrical design of this unit until 1960 when assumed the program responsibility; in 1961 he and team provided the 500 bpi 1793 for the use on the 1720 (five models) which was announced in 1962 and attaches to the following systems: 1440, 1460, 1401, 1410, 1240, 1620, 1710, 7010, nad 7740; responsible for the 1311 File line and Program Manger for the 2311. Attended IBM Executive Development Program in 1964. Received Master Award - Product Engineering Publications - for the 1311 Data Disk Storage in 1963. Presented paper on the 1311 at Fall Joint Computer Conference in 1963. In May 1968 Dad along with Jack Harper were recognized as New IBM Fellows where they receiveds $30,000 at a huge IBM Awards Celebration Dinner in NY for their major contributions in the development of the removable computer disk pack and which was widely used in computer systems. Dad had been offered the position to run the IBM plant in England but turned it down because of family.
Dad bowled, played racket ball, and tennis. Dad and mom had 5 children, built a house in Saratoga where the family grew up. He retired at age 62. He raised funds for Parkinson Disease, a disease that one of his brothers LaVerned died from. Dad had a dry sense of humor. He was personable, positive and supportive of family and friends. Great dad to me and to my sisters Donna Jo (Carothers) MacLennan, Janice Sue (Carothers) Kuivenhoven, and brothers Daniel Clark Carothers, and Timothy Jay Carothers. Dad died on my first day of retirement. I had told him for months my specific retirement date months in advance of him going into hospice and I believe Dad waited til that date so I could step in to help mom through the tough months that followed. Karen Lee Carothers Stoyanowski
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