Allan Lee Carpenter

Background

Carpenter, Allan Lee was born on March 10, 1931 in Huntington, West Virginia, United States. Son of Cecil Clayton and Leola Belle (Klopp) Carpenter.

Education

Bachelor of Science, University of Illinois, 1952.

Career

Apprentice supervisor, Southern Rlwy. System, Cincinnati, 1952-1956; track supervisor, Southern Rlwy. System, New Orleans, Lexington, Kentucky, 1956-1959; instrument man, C.J. Fuller Cons.

Engineers, Inc., Lexington, 1960; junior engineer, Chesapeake & Ohio Rlwy. Company, Richmond, Virginia, 1961; assistant engineer and chief engineer, Norfolk & Portsmouth Beltline Railroad Company, Norfolk, Virginia, 1962-1969, 78-91; traffic engineer, City of Chesapeake (Virginia), 1969-1978; owner, All Trans Engineering, Norfolk, 1991-1996. Consultant private practice, Norfolk, 1962-1996.

Instructor Tidewater Community College, Portsmouth, Virginia, 1971-1973.

Achievements

• Allan Lee Carpenter has been listed as a noteworthy Civil engineer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member and officer The Exchange club of Norfolk, 1963-1984. Trustee RiverForest Shores, Wayside Manor, Easton Place Civic League, Norfolk, 1991-1992, 94-96, president, 1993-1994. Lieutenant United States Army, 1954-1956.

Member American Rlwy. Engineering Association, Hampton Rds. Society of Christian Design Professionals (director 1991, treasurer since 1992).

Connections

Married Bess Mann Spoonamore, February 20, 1954 (deceased). Married Eudell Denton Jones, May 23, 1961. 1 child, Lee Ella Carpenter, 1stepchild, Fred Carl Curtis World War II.

Father:

Cecil Clayton Carpenter

Mother:

Leola Belle (Klopp) Carpenter

Spouse:

Bess Mann Spoonamore

Spouse:

Eudell Denton Jones