Shipley, Karl L

by Rainer Newberry, April 26, 2021

Karl was a math & science guy WAY COOLER than I was (admittedly, a low bar). I had math with him soph, jr, & senior year and tried to sit near him, hoping that some of his coolness would rub off. Sigh.

by Bob Oganovic, March 19, 2021

I knew Karl – if memory serves me right – from elementary school. I remember hanging out at his house a number of times. I recall he had a lot of Erector-set type stuff (electro-mechanical toys). He became a real math and science brain and a fine trumpeter – which is something he continued as an adult. Being around amateur musicians throughout my life, there is a stereotype that trumpeters are invariably full of themselves (Q: How many trumpet players does it take to screw in a light bulb? A: Just one. He holds it in place and the whole world revolves around him). But Karl was anything but that – a modest, genial (yet at times very serious) guy. And (musically) in his senior year he branched out and joined the choir as a REAL low bass (rare in high school).

If there had been a varsity sideburn team at W-L he probably would have been co-captain (as his HS photo shows). On that point I remember his note in my yearbook – he congratulated me on (finally, late in senior year) being able to show vertical hair growth in front of my ears.

Here is his obituary.

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