Background
Carter, David Kent was born on June 20, 1938 in Portland, Oregon, United States. Son of Bert Cleal and Elizabeth (Van Velzer) Carter.
Carter, David Kent was born on June 20, 1938 in Portland, Oregon, United States. Son of Bert Cleal and Elizabeth (Van Velzer) Carter.
AB, Grinnell College, 1960;Master of Arts, Yale University, 1965;Doctor of Philosophy, Yale University, 1982.
Philosophy professor, U. Denver, 1967-1969;philosophy professor, California State University, Chico, 1970-1976;philosophy professor, University Texas-Pan American, Edinburg, since 1978.
As an existentialist, Dave would not join a political party. However, he held progressive views and supported thecontinuation of the New Deal and supported Johnson's notion of the Great Society. His views were tempered a realism of which he spoke on several occasions of the C. Wright Mills book "The Power Elite."
Member American Philosophical Association.
