WILLIS HAVILAND CARRIER

Ruben Flores 2nd period Inventors

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Willis Havilland Carrier was born in Angola, New York on November 26, 1876

In 1901 Willis Havilland Carrier graduated from Cornell University with a masters degree in Engineering

Only one year after Willis Carrier graduated the first AC unit was working

In 1906 the apparatus for treating air patent was granted to Carrier

In 1915, Carrier formed the Carrier Engineering Corporation

In 1921 Carrier patented the centrifugal refrigeration machine which was the first good method to cool large areas

In 1928, Willis Carrier developed the first air conditioner for homes

During the Great Depression the air conditioner for personal use sales dropped drastically

In 1935, Carrier received an honorary Doctor of Engineering degree from Lehigh University

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In 1942, received honorary Doctor of letters degree from Alfred University

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After the Great Depression the popularity of personal air conditioning didn’t have time to increase because of World War II

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Willis Haviland Carrier died on October 9, 1950 at the age of 73 in New York, New York

Carrier and his three wives are buried at Forest Lawn Cemetery

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In 1985, Carrier was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame

In 2008, Carrier was inducted into the Buffalo Science Museum Hall of Fame

References

http://inventors.about.com/library/weekly/aa081797.htm http://www.buffaloah.com/h/carr/index.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willis_Carrier