Edmund N. Carpenter, II

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

Edmund N. "Ned" Carpenter, II (1921–2008) was president of Richards, Layton & Finger, a law firm located in Wilmington, Delaware. He studied at Princeton, where he later established the Edward N. Carpenter, II professorship, and at Harvard University. He earned a Bronze Star for his service in World War II, and was a past president of the Delaware Bar Association and the American Judicature Society. Carpenter died on December 19, 2008.[1]

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, Lea Carpenter. The essay achieved some acclaim, and was later reprinted in several newspapers, including The Wall Street Journal.[2]

References

  1. ↑ American Judicature Society: In Memoriam: Edmund N. "Ned" Carpenter II, http://www.ajs.org/ajs/publications/Judicatories/2009/January/carpenter.asp, January 2009.
  2. ↑ Before I Die...As in the case of love, no man has lived until he has felt sorrow., http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704041504575045663151022470.html, FEBRUARY 6, 2010.

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