Carl had a distinguished career in the Navy, retiring as a commander. He died March 3, 2012, in Hawaii, where he and his late wife, Suni, had moved in 1970. He was 86.
Carl spent more than a quarter-century as a Navy officer. He was at sea in the Atlantic and the Pacific as executive officer or commander on ships from destroyers to aircraft carriers, and had onshore duty in San Diego and Japan, mostly in intelligence.
At Princeton he was in the V-12 program, majored in political science, joined Terrace Club, and graduated in 1947. In retirement, Carl was an agent for Mutual Life Insurance, an avid golfer, and chairman of an annual golf tournament. He also served as vice president of the Hawaii chapter of the Retired Officers Association.
At the time of his death he was survived by his granddaughter, Stephanie Pak.