Haskell C. and Sarah E. Carter Memoir, 1982

Haskell C. Carter attended Oregon Agricultural College (OAC) after serving in World War I and graduated in 1923 with a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering.  By 1928, he was the production manager for the Iron Fireman Company in Portland, Oregon; he worked for Iron Fireman through World War II and in 1948 was promoted to Vice-President in charge of manufacturing with responsibility for production at plants in Portland, Cleveland, and Toronto.  In 1952, Carter partnered with Joe Fisher, a Portland automobile dealer, to create the Joe Fisher - Carter Company, which manufactured garbage trucks.

Haskell Clarence Carter was born January 15, 1898 in Tennessee and moved with his family to Hillsboro, Oregon sometime prior to 1920.  Carter was a member of the Delta Kappa fraternity at Oregon Agricultural College as well as the Masonic Club and engineering student organizations.  In the early 1940s, he was a member of the Oregon State Dads Club; Carter had two sons who attended Oregon State College.

Carter married Sarah Elizabeth ("Sally") Eidal on December 27, 1922 in Ellensburg, Washington, where she was a teacher at the time.  Sarah was born January 22, 1900 and graduated from the State Normal School in Ellensburg in 1919.

Sarah E. Carter died on October 19, 1987 and Haskell C. Carter died on March 25, 1989.  They were living in the Portland area at the time of their deaths.