Dr. Willis Carrier: 20th Century Man

The Business Journal - Central New York | February 19, 1999| | Copyright

SYRACUSE--It takes a lot to make Time magazine's "Time 100" list of the most influential people of the 20th century. Henry Ford made it. So did McDonald's founder, Ray Kroc, and Wal-Mart's Sam Walton. Few would be surprised to discover Bill Gates's name on the list. While you may dispute the value of the contributions these men and others on the list have made, their impact on the 20th century is indisputable.

However, people of great technological or business accomplishment often are remembered, not for who they were, but for what they left behind. Such is the case with Dr. Willis Haviland ...

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