Carl Eric Bredenberg ’33

Carl died from complications of cancer of the kidney on Aug. 25, 2000. He was 86.

He was the oldest son of Swedish immigrants. Born in Buffalo, he attended the city's public schools, where he studied both Latin and Greek. Carl spent his entire career with IBM. He retired in 1967 as manager of the New Haven branch. In 1936, after a courtship that began at Princeton, he married Emma "Sally" Jaeger. It was a particularly close and enduring relationship. They were able to celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary a few months before her death in 1996. In 1960, he and Sally moved into a grand old house in Milford, Conn., overlooking Long Island Sound. He was an avid sailor. In 1998, he moved into an assisted living residence in Maine to be near his son. He is survived by his son, Dr. Carl E. Jr., a daughter, Susan, and three grandchildren.

The Class of 1933