Background
Carpenter, Jay Arnold was born on May 12, 1883 in Beloit. Iowa. Son of Edwin Elisha and Mary Elizabeth (Miller) Carpenter.
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Jay Arnold Carpenter
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Bachelor of Science cum laude, University of Nevada, 1907, Engineer of Mines, 1911.
Career
Began as surveyor and assayer, Tonopah, Nevada, 1907. Instructor and assistant professor metallurgy, Mackay School of Mines, Reno, Nevada, 1908-1910. Mill superintendent West End Consolidated, Tonopah, 1910-1916, mine foreman, superintendent and manager of Nevada mines, 1916-1920.
Professor mining, South Dakot School of Mines, 1921-1922. Superintendent Randsburg Silver Mining Company, 1922-1923. President Insulex Company, 1924-1925.
Industrial engineer Pacific Portland Cement Company, 1925-1926. Construction engineering, Los Angeles, 1920-1926. Professor mining, Mackay School of Mines, University of Nevada, 1926-1939.
Director Mackay School of Mines, Nevada State Bureau of Mines retired 1951. Construction engineering since 1951.
Membership
Member American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers (chairman Nevada section 1927-1934.
Connections
Married Florence Bender, December 22, 1909. Children: Elizabeth, Clayton.
