Carl Dwight Ceaser, age 78, born in Los Angeles to Carl Frederick Ceaser and Dorothy Dwight Ceaser, died at his son's home in Atascadero on May 27, 2012 from colon cancer.  Carl was a direct descendent of Christopher Latham Sholes, inventor of the typewriter and QWERTY keyboard. A graduate of South Pasadena High School, Pasadena City College, and UC Santa Barbara, Carl began his career as a classroom teacher in Glendora, Carissa Plains, Atascadero, and Santa Margarita.  Earning advanced credentials and masters degrees in education counseling and administration, Carl then served as Principal of Santa Rosa School in Atascadero and Superintendent for San Miguel District before taking a ten-year hiatus to raise his daughter.  He returned to his career as an education counselor and supervisor of student teachers for Cal Poly, Chapman, and CalState Teach.  Countless students and teachers from King City to Santa Barbara will remember Carl's gift of bringing out the best in everyone he met.

Following his service in the US Army during the Korean War, Carl traveled extensively in Europe, Africa, the mid-East, Japan, and Australia, teaching and working odd jobs along the way.  His story, Crossing the Red Sea in an Arab Dhow, reveals Carl's passion for life and deep respect for all people.  For the past 40 years he has maintained an extensive wilderness preserve in the Adelaide area of California's Central Coast.

Carl is survived by his wife, Lisbeth Ceaser of San Luis Obispo; son Christopher Ceaser of Atascadero, daughter Cerena d'Ceaser of Los Angeles; and sisters Nancy Whitney of New Zealand and Sally Jackson of Palm Desert.