David loved ideas, debates, cats, gardens, wandering the globe, and especially his daughter Sarah. After Burroughs he went to Princeton, where he majored in English. While there he had an article published in The James Joyce Journal. He completed his Masters Degree in English at UVA and was accepted into the doctoral program when the Vietnam War disrupted his education. As a conscientious objector, he cared for wounded soldiers close to the front in Vietnam. He actually liked the exposure to medicine.
After returning to the US, David was restless and troubled. For a short time he worked with children at Pruitt-Igoe. For one summer he lived on an island off the coast of Spain before deciding to travel to Katmandu with a small group of ex-patriot American students. Next, he wandered across Canada, down the western coast of the US, Mexico and Central America. Finally returning home in 1972, he decided to pursue his doctoral studies at UVA. Though his test scores and acceptance to the program were out of date, UVA eventually decided to accept him once again. All of the studies were completed, but David never wrote his dissertation.
He married and headed westward, eventually settling in Columbia, MO. He taught freshman English at Mizzou, priding himself on the fact that he allowed his students to write on any subject. He loved the challenge of being knowledgeable of animal husbandry or anything else that came his way. Eventually, David earned a Masters degree at Mizzou in Library Science, but he never used it. Instead he applied for the doctoral program in English once again but this time at Mizzou. Again he took the required courses but did not do a dissertation. His wife earned her doctorate in theater and left to teach at a college in Georgia while David remained in Columbia where he lived until his death in 2006.
David’s daughter, Sarah, graduated from Mizzou and just last winter received her doctorate degree from Indiana University. She teaches at the university level. David would have been proud.
Barry Todd
From Sandy Hunsaker McCarroll, David’s sister
DAVID LAWRENCE McCARROLL
David loved ideas, debates, cats, gardens, wandering the globe, and especially his daughter Sarah. After Burroughs he went to Princeton, where he majored in English. While there he had an article published in The James Joyce Journal. He completed his Masters Degree in English at UVA and was accepted into the doctoral program when the Vietnam War disrupted his education. As a conscientious objector, he cared for wounded soldiers close to the front in Vietnam. He actually liked the exposure to medicine.
After returning to the US, David was restless and troubled. For a short time he worked with children at Pruitt-Igoe. For one summer he lived on an island off the coast of Spain before deciding to travel to Katmandu with a small group of ex-patriot American students. Next, he wandered across Canada, down the western coast of the US, Mexico and Central America. Finally returning home in 1972, he decided to pursue his doctoral studies at UVA. Though his test scores and acceptance to the program were out of date, UVA eventually decided to accept him once again. All of the studies were completed, but David never wrote his dissertation.
He married and headed westward, eventually settling in Columbia, MO. He taught freshman English at Mizzou, priding himself on the fact that he allowed his students to write on any subject. He loved the challenge of being knowledgeable of animal husbandry or anything else that came his way. Eventually, David earned a Masters degree at Mizzou in Library Science, but he never used it. Instead he applied for the doctoral program in English once again but this time at Mizzou. Again he took the required courses but did not do a dissertation. His wife earned her doctorate in theater and left to teach at a college in Georgia while David remained in Columbia where he lived until his death in 2006.
David’s daughter, Sarah, graduated from Mizzou and just last winter received her doctorate degree from Indiana University. She teaches at the university level. David would have been proud.