Coughlin, William Bruce.

Richard Clark Carpenter was born on November 27, 1933, in Hartford, Connecticut . He was raised in Wethersfield, Connecticut, where he graduated from Wethersfield High School in 1951. He entered Boston College in 1951 and graduated in 1955 with a B.S. History degree. He joined the United States Army ROTC at Boston College and was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in the United States Army Artillery upon graduation. He served on active duty from 1955-1957 as platoon leader in the 66th Anti-Aircraft Missile Battalion (NiKE) as part of the defense of the New York Region. After starting a city planning career in Hartford, Connecticut, in 1958, he entered the University of Pennsylvania in 1960, graduating with a Master of City and Regional Planning degree in 1962.

After resuming his planning career in Hartford, Mr. Carpenter became the first town planner of Wilton, Connecticut, in 1963. He then became Executive Director of the South Western Regional Planning Agency in 1966, where he served until retiring in 1999.

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