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Carrier, Willis (Haviland)

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Carrier, Willis (Haviland) (1876-1950)

US engineer and inventor. He was a pioneer of modern air-conditioning systems, with over 80 patents. His company, Carrier Corporation, dominated the manufacturing of air conditioners. In 1939 he invented a practical air-conditioning system for skyscrapers.

He was born near Angola, New York. Raised on a farm, he attended local schools, won a scholarship to Cornell University, and graduated from there with an engineering degree in 1901. In 1902 he designed a humidity-control machine for a New York printing plant.
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