THE SPIRITUALS - A Fact Book

The author was formerly president of Aerospace Associates Inc.(AAI) of Colorado Springs CO. In the Defense Industry, he has held many positions, notably; he has been employed as a Radar Systems Engineer, a Senior Software Engineer, and a Radar Site Analyst. In this industry through AAI, he has been an industry consultant for 20 years. As founder and president of AAI, Mr. Carlson has done research in agriculture, aquaculture, railroad safety and monitoring. He helped design and install some of our largest Missile warning radar systems, BMEWS and PAVE PAWS. He developed Requirements Analysis Specifications including mathematical specifications for several space projects (DSP and MCCC) He has taught courses and tutored students in the areas of algebra, trigonometry, calculus, differential equations, vector analysis, theory of equations, and Radar systems. He is presently retired from scientific endeavors. He is an ordained minister of the Gospel, and was also a full time missionary pastor/teacher, helping to start 4 local churches; three in the Colorado Springs Area and one in Alaska. He has taught Greek, Hebrew, Hermeneutics, Homiletics, Systematic Theology, and New Testament Textual Criticism in home, Church school, Bible College, and Seminary programs. As a pastor he has addressed several Bible Conferences including the western regional conference for the American Missionary Fellowship. As a professional musician, he played in various concert bands and orchestras. In this area he played in small combos for dances around the Seattle area and also in Alaska. After his conversion to Christianity in 1964, he appeared as a soloist at the greater Fairbanks Crusade for Christ, the Evangelical Booksellers National Convention in Colorado Springs, the Navigators International Spring Fling at Estes Park Colorado, many performances at churches as a representative of the Western Conservative Baptist Seminary, also often at churches in Washington, Oregon, Alaska, and Colorado. He also made three LP recordings, one of which has been remastered and is available on DVD. Swede has been a professional ski instructor from 1987 until 1999. He started skiing in 1945. An innovative part of His teaching methodology was the use of appropriate verses of Scripture as applied to the larger methodology of the American Teaching System (ATS). His list of Aerospace and other scientific publications include more than 250 documents (some of book or larger sizes) generated for many employers in the defense industry. One of these written in 1962 is a book on orbital mechanics as applied to satellites and ballistic missiles. In the area of Biblical Studies he has written and or edited 16 books including a Greek Grammar, a Hebrew Grammar, 6 Apologetic Books, a book on Creation Science, textboooks for Hermeneutics, Homiletics, Systematic Theology, and New Testament Textual Criticism.