As this April 15th marks the one-year anniversary of Professor Carter's passing, I want to say a few words about the profound influence he has had in my life. As a physics major at APU in the early 1990's, I had the occasion to attend multiple classes with Prof. Carter, including a couple of engineering mechanics courses and a several advanced math classes. My fondest memory of him was during a class called "Statics," which was at that time offered only upon the rare occasion that there were engineering students available. Since I was the first physics major at APU, I took this class along with the engineering students. I was very grateful indeed that he decided to go ahead and teach it, as there were only three of us matriculated to take the course that semester. After the first few weeks of class, it just so happened that the other two students dropped out or became unavailable, so this left Prof. Carter and I to carry on by ourselves! One to one is a pretty good teacher/student ratio! Every session, I would come to class and we'd open the textbook and talk about each of the lessons as if we were having a personal discussion rather than a class. On occasion he would use examples from his own personal engineering experience to illuminate the text, and I looked forward to our time together. When we'd finished our lesson (which often didn't take too long, as I was the only student), we often talked about life experiences and various topics which interested us as like-minded technical folks. I remember stories of snowmobile accidents, running a farm (and the importance of having good neighbors during a harsh winter!), running businesses (including health clubs and other pursuits), playing plenty of tennis, and experiencing lots of outdoor adventures. I felt that we became close during that time, in part because I saw a lot of my dad in him (who is also very much an entrepreneur and avation-loving person), and also because he had just been through a difficult time with the loss of his wife Judy (whom I hadn't the privilege of knowing). That class is one of my fondest memories at APU, and I think it was a divine appointment. I have missed being able to go and visit him in his office, but am very grateful to look up and see some of those old textbooks on my shelf and remember his practical teaching and advice. I thank God for Jack and his influence on my life. With prayer and remembrance, J.D.