University Times

A memorial service will be held Dec. 10 for Holbert N. Carroll, professor emeritus of political science, who died March 11, 2010. He was 88.

The memorial service will be held 4-6 p.m. in the University Club’s Fraternity Grill.

Carroll joined the University as an instructor in 1946. He was promoted to assistant professor in 1950, associate professor in 1955 and professor in 1960. He served as acting chair of the department, 1958-59, and chair, 1960-68. He specialized in U.S. government and politics, U.S. civil liberties and U.S. foreign policy.

Carroll earned his PhD at Harvard after completing his BA and MA degrees at Pitt. He also spent a year studying at Yale.