Edward S. Carter Jr. ’44

Ted Carter died on a ski run Mar. 24, 2004.

Sixteen of his relatives, including his father, E. Sterling Carter '16, and cousin, Burnham Carter '44, preceded him at Princeton. He prepared at Deerfield Academy. At Princeton he majored in aeronautical engineering, was on the varsity track team, and was a member of Tower Club and the Westminster Society. He graduated in 1943 and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa.

After service as a naval officer, and earning a master's at MIT, Ted spent his career with Sikorsky Aircraft, where he made important contributions to the development of helicopter instrument flight (for which he received the George Mead gold medal), and helicopter dynamics — vibration, stability, controls, and servomechanisms.

He was an active sportsman and made his home in Fairfield, Conn.

Ted is survived by his wife, Ann; children Janet, Misty, and Jim; and eight grandchildren. To them, his class tenders their regrets.

The Class of 1944