John Lawrence Carter Jr. ’38

Larry Carter died Dec. 1, 2012, at the age of 96. He had resided at the Crane’s Mill Continuing Care Retirement Community in West Caldwell, N.J.  

Larry was born in Montclair, N.J., and was raised in Quogue, N.Y. Most of his adult life was spent in Montclair. Larry prepared at Montclair High School, where he was on the football and track teams. At Princeton he majored in mechanical engineering and was a member of the freshman track and interclub hockey teams. During his freshman and sophomore years he roomed at Brown, his junior and senior years he roomed with G.O. Chadwick and L.B. Kirkpatrick at Cloister Inn.

During World War II, Larry served in the Navy. He was an engineer at Picatinny Arsenal in Rockaway Township, N.J., for 35 years.

He is survived by his nephews, John R. Hunt and his wife, Mary, and Steve Wilson; and his niece, Christina Lawrence Verduin. To them all, the class sends deepest sympathy.