Edmund N. Carpenter II

Edmund N. "Ned" Carpenter II (1921–2008) was president of Richards, Layton & Finger, a law firm located in Wilmington, Delaware. He earned a BA at Princeton,[1] where he later established the Edmund N. Carpenter II Professorship,[2] then graduated from Harvard Law School, in 1948.[1] His widow, philanthropist Carroll M. Carpenter, established the Edmund N. and Carroll M. Carpenter Professorship in Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School.[3]

For other people with the same name, see Edmund Carpenter.

Carpenter earned a Bronze Star for his service in World War II, and was a past president of the Delaware State Bar Association and of the American Judicature Society. Carpenter died on December 19, 2008.[4]

Essays

In 1938, while a 17-year-old student in Lawrenceville, NJ, Carpenter wrote an essay entitled "Before I die...", setting out the things he hoped to achieve in his life. The essay was read at his 2008 funeral by one of his daughters, Katie Carpenter. The essay achieved some acclaim, and was later reprinted in several newspapers, including The Wall Street Journal.[5]

References
  1. ABA Journal, Volume 61, American Bar Association, March 1975, page 339. Retrieved December 22, 2019.
  2. Princeton University. Retrieved December 22, 2019.
  3. Carpenter wins the State Chamber’s Josiah Marvel Cup, Delaware Business Now , January 9, 2017. Retrieved December 22, 2019.
  4. American Judicature Society: In Memoriam: Edmund N. "Ned" Carpenter II, http://www.ajs.org/ajs/publications/Judicatories/2009/January/carpenter.asp Archived 2010-12-24 at the Wayback Machine January 2009.
  5. Before I Die...As in the case of love, no man has lived until he has felt sorrow., https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748704041504575045663151022470, FEBRUARY 6, 2010.
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