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Carl M. Rodarty

by Linda Wang
May 9, 2016 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 94, Issue 19

Rodarty, 93, died on Aug. 19, 2015, in Ventura, Calif.

“Carl was a member of the University of Southern California men’s gymnastics team in college. He joined Aramco (Arabian American Oil Company) in 1947 and began working overseas. He met his late wife, Kaethe Brose of Bentheim, Germany, while crossing the English Channel. After a two-year courtship, they married in Bahrain. They spent 14 years in Saudi Arabia. While there, they adopted a Saluki hound and were among the first to bring this desert breed to the U.S. Carl and Kaethe traveled extensively and enjoyed taking a PanAmerican Around the World Clipper trip in 1951.”—family of Carl Rodarty

Most recent employer: Conoco

Education: B.S., chemical engineering, University of Southern California, 1943

Survivors: daughter, Laurie Rodarty-Ehrich; and one grandchild

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