HARRY A. CARPENTER.

The article profiles Harry A. Carpenter, the associate editor of the "Science Education" and "Journal of Chemical Education," who died on April 5, 1942 in Rochester, New York. Carpenter, who was born on February 7, 1878 in New York, did his graduation from the University of Rochester, Rochester, New York. In 1909, at the request of the New York Board of Education, Carpenter developed a testing laboratory for various materials purchased by the Board. Under his directions, the written technical specifications for paints, varnishes, roofing asphalts, felts, soaps, milk, chocolate milk, and various other types of materials were practiced in the laboratory. In addition to this, Carpenter was also associated with many educational associations, including the New York State Science Teachers Association of which he was president four different times. Carpenter also had a keen interest in visual education.