Carter Harman ’40 *42

"Composer, Music Critic, and Record Producer Dies" was The New York Times headline that noted Carter's death Jan. 23, 2007, in Stowe, Vt.

He prepared at Morristown School, following his relative, W.G. Kennedy '14, among others, to Princeton. He majored in music and graduated with high honors and also took graduate music courses. Carter was music editor of the Lit, a student tutor, and a member of the choir, band, Sandwich Agency, and Dial Lodge.

Robert F. Dorr's book Chopper recounts how Carter was the first helicopter pilot in World War II to attempt a rescue behind enemy lines, extracting three Allied soldiers from a jungle in Burma. He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross.

He worked as a music critic for The New York Times and as music editor for Time magazine,where he wrote stories on musical giants of the time, including Duke Ellington. He spent 10 years in Puerto Rico as a critic and producer, doing sound for Peter Brook's film of Lord of the Flies, and, as executive producer of records for CRI for 20 years. He also wrote two books, A Popular History of Music and A Skyscraper Goes Up.

Carter's wife died in 1989. His classmates wish to extend their sympathies to his daughter, Lisa Diomande; three sons, Bruce, Scott, and Alex; and three grandchildren.