Donald Spencer Carter attended Palmyra High School in Palmyra, New York, and graduated from Hamilton College in 1950, where he was a member of Tau Kappa Epsilon as well as the College Band and the Choir. He majored in chemistry and mathematics.
Briefly employed as a laboratory technician by Crouse-Hinds Co., manufacturers of electrical products, in Syracuse, he was called (Oct. 18, 1950) into the U.S. Army during the Korean War and served as a corporal in the Quartermaster Corps. In 1952, after two years in uniform, he returned to Crouse-Hinds. On October 25 of that year, he was married in Syracuse to Judith P. Greenleaf. The couple would have two children, James D. and Linda Anne Carter.
In 1954, the Carters moved to Watertown, where Don became a foundry metallurgist with the New York Air Break Co. By 1965, his marriage having ended in divorce, he moved on, as a foundry quality-control engineer, to Westinghouse Air Break Co., manufacturers of railroad equipment, in Wilmerding, PA. He was subsequently employed as chief metallurgist by Cummins Engine Co. in South Bend, IN, and concluded his career with Hill & Griffith Foundry Supply, also in Indiana, retiring in 1993.
Briefly employed as a laboratory technician by Crouse-Hinds Co., manufacturers of electrical products, in Syracuse, he was called (Oct. 18, 1950) into the U.S. Army during the Korean War and served as a corporal in the Quartermaster Corps. In 1952, after two years in uniform, he returned to Crouse-Hinds. On October 25 of that year, he was married in Syracuse to Judith P. Greenleaf. The couple would have two children, James D. and Linda Anne Carter.
In 1954, the Carters moved to Watertown, where Don became a foundry metallurgist with the New York Air Break Co. By 1965, his marriage having ended in divorce, he moved on, as a foundry quality-control engineer, to Westinghouse Air Break Co., manufacturers of railroad equipment, in Wilmerding, PA. He was subsequently employed as chief metallurgist by Cummins Engine Co. in South Bend, IN, and concluded his career with Hill & Griffith Foundry Supply, also in Indiana, retiring in 1993.
Donald Spencer Carter attended Palmyra High School in Palmyra, New York, and graduated from Hamilton College in 1950, where he was a member of Tau Kappa Epsilon as well as the College Band and the Choir. He majored in chemistry and mathematics.
Briefly employed as a laboratory technician by Crouse-Hinds Co., manufacturers of electrical products, in Syracuse, he was called (Oct. 18, 1950) into the U.S. Army during the Korean War and served as a corporal in the Quartermaster Corps. In 1952, after two years in uniform, he returned to Crouse-Hinds. On October 25 of that year, he was married in Syracuse to Judith P. Greenleaf. The couple would have two children, James D. and Linda Anne Carter.
In 1954, the Carters moved to Watertown, where Don became a foundry metallurgist with the New York Air Break Co. By 1965, his marriage having ended in divorce, he moved on, as a foundry quality-control engineer, to Westinghouse Air Break Co., manufacturers of railroad equipment, in Wilmerding, PA. He was subsequently employed as chief metallurgist by Cummins Engine Co. in South Bend, IN, and concluded his career with Hill & Griffith Foundry Supply, also in Indiana, retiring in 1993.
Briefly employed as a laboratory technician by Crouse-Hinds Co., manufacturers of electrical products, in Syracuse, he was called (Oct. 18, 1950) into the U.S. Army during the Korean War and served as a corporal in the Quartermaster Corps. In 1952, after two years in uniform, he returned to Crouse-Hinds. On October 25 of that year, he was married in Syracuse to Judith P. Greenleaf. The couple would have two children, James D. and Linda Anne Carter.
In 1954, the Carters moved to Watertown, where Don became a foundry metallurgist with the New York Air Break Co. By 1965, his marriage having ended in divorce, he moved on, as a foundry quality-control engineer, to Westinghouse Air Break Co., manufacturers of railroad equipment, in Wilmerding, PA. He was subsequently employed as chief metallurgist by Cummins Engine Co. in South Bend, IN, and concluded his career with Hill & Griffith Foundry Supply, also in Indiana, retiring in 1993.
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