Louis George Carpenter

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Louis George Carpenter (born March 28, 1861 in Orion, Michigan , † September 12, 1935 in Denver Colorado ), was an American hydraulic engineer and university professor of mathematics .

family

Louis George Carpenter was born on March 28, 1861 in Orion (now Lake Orion), Michigan, to Charles K. and Jeanette Carpenter, b. Coryell, born. His older brother was the engineer and university professor Rolla C. Carpenter (born June 26, 1852 in Orion, Michigan, † 1919). His other siblings were William Leland Carpenter (1854-1936), Blanche Carpenter (married Seeley) (1857-1945) and Mary Carpenter (married Mayo) (1866-1955).

In 1887 Louis George Carpenter married Mary Jane Cliff Merrell in Michigan (1849–1921). They had a son, Charles L., and a daughter, Jeanette. Marry Jane died in 1921. In 1922, LG Carpenter married Katherine M. Warren.

Life path

In 1879 Carpenter graduated from Michigan State Agricultural College (MAC, now Michigan State University ) with a Bachelor of Science (BS). From 1879 to 1881 he studied at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore , Maryland . From 1881 to 1888 he worked as an assistant to his brother, Professor Rolla C. Carpenter, at the Michigan Agricultural College (Michigan State Agricultural College) in East Lansing , Michigan. LG Carpenter obtained his Master of Sciences (M.Sc.) there in 1883. From 1883 to 1888 he taught mathematics there. In 1888, LG Carpenter accepted a teaching position in engineering and physics at the Colorado Agricultural College in Fort Collins , Colorado; as the successor to Elwood Mead . From 1888 he developed the first systematic course for hydraulic engineers ( irrigation ), which graduates complete with a “Bachelor of Science in Irrigation Engineering”. In 1889 Carpenter became director of the Colorado Agricultural Experiment Station. In 1891 Carpenter was offered to serve as president of the Colorado College of Agriculture; however, he declined this offer. From 1902 to 1906, LG Carpenter was involved in an advisory capacity in the legal dispute in the US states of Kansas and Colorado over water withdrawals from the Arkansas River , which became groundbreaking in water law issues. From 1903 to 1905 LG Carpenter was Colorado State Engineer, among other things, responsible for irrigation issues. In 1911 Carpenter stopped teaching and founded an engineering consulting firm with his brother Rolla Clinton Carpenter in Denver, Colorado. In 1921 his first wife, Mary Jane Cliff Merrell, died. The next year, in 1922, LG Carpenter married Katherine M. Warren. In 1927, LG Carpenter received an honorary doctorate from Colorado State University. LG Carpenter died on September 12, 1935 at the age of 74 in Denver, Colorado. He was buried in Evergreen Cemetery in Lake Orion, Oakland County, Michigan.

Awards

In recognition of his services to the agricultural sector, France appointed him “Chevalier du Mérite Agricole” in 1895. In 1900 he received a gold medal at the Paris World's Fair for his work in the field of irrigation technology.

Publications by Louis George Carpenter

  • "The Measurement and Division of Water", State Agricultural College, Agricultural Experiment Station, 1890, 37 pages
  • "Seepage Or Return Waters from Irrigation", State Agricultural College, Agricultural Experiment Station, 1896, 63 pages
  • "Forests and Snow", Agricultural Experiment Station of the Agricultural College of Colorado, 1901, 18 pages

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personal data
SURNAME Carpenter, Louis George
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American engineer and professor of hydraulic engineering and mathematics
DATE OF BIRTH March 28, 1861
PLACE OF BIRTH Orion (Michigan)
DATE OF DEATH September 12, 1935
Place of death Denver , Colorado