Carr Lane Wilkerson Jr. passed away on March 26, 2019, in Lafayette, LA. He was born in Pasay City, Philippines, on April 29, 1966. He grew up in Burlingame, California, attending Burlingame High School until age 16, when he and his family moved to Lafayette, LA. He was a graduate of Comeaux High School, Class of 1984. In 1986 he enlisted in the United States Navy Nuclear Propulsion Program. He was awarded an NROTC scholarship in 1988 and matriculated to Tulane University, earning a Bachelor of Science in Physics. After graduating, he reentered the Nuclear Propulsion Program as an Ensign. His first tour of duty was on a non-nuclear vessel, the USS McClusky (FFG-41), out of Yokosuka, Japan, as the Combat Information Center Officer. He made two tours of duty to the Persian Gulf in support of Operation Desert Watch. He then served on the nuclear-powered USS Arkansas (CGN-41) based in Bremerton, Washington, as M-Division Engineering Officer, earned his Nuclear Propulsion Engineering Qualification, and supported operations on the West Coast. His final tour was as the US Naval Liaison Officer to the French Naval Academy in Brest, France, for two years. He left the Navy in 2001 to enter the Master of Arts program at Stanford University's Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics (CCRMA). After graduating, he went back to Tulane University to complete a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering. Interrupted by Hurricane Katrina, he left the program with a Master of Engineering, returning to Stanford's CCRMA program as a System Administrator and Instructor in Music Technology. After 10 years there, he moved back to Louisiana and, most recently, was Communications Director for the Council for the Development of French in Louisiana (CODOFIL) in Lafayette. His passions included all forms of music and music technology, as well as the French language and culture in Louisiana and North America.
