Louis N. McCarter III ’50

Lou died July 26, 2011.

He entered Princeton from the Haverford (Pa.) School. A basic engineering major, he participated in soccer and fencing, was a WPRU staff announcer and member of ROTC, and belonged to Terrace.

Soon after graduation, he married Patricia Parcher and returned from their honeymoon to start work for the family business, the McCarter Corp. in Norristown, Pa. Founded in 1850, the corporation specialized in manufacturing commercial mixing machinery. Lou obtained a patent for an asphalt/concrete drum mixer. He retired as president and CEO when he closed the company, and continued to sell his chocolate-manufacturing equipment line through Wm. A. Schmidt & Sons Inc. until he died.

During the Korean War, he served in the Army Ordnance Corps and was separated as a first lieutenant.

Lou was a leader of several regional manufacturing associations in which he was a strong proponent of expanding manufacturing to improve Pennsylvania’s economy. In 2005, he was elected chairman of the Pennsylvania Manufacturers’ Association. Through the years he was an avid fox hunter, a sailor, and after retirement, became an enthusiastic trap shooter.

Our condolences go to Patricia and his children, Craig and Carolyn.