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Willis Carrier (1876-1950) was the "father of air conditioning," developing both the theory and the applications of air conditioning systems. Carrier invented the first electrical air conditioning unit in 1902 and in 1915, he founded Carrier Corporation, a company specializing in the manufacture and distribution of heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems. The introduction of residential air conditioning in the 1920s helped start the great migration to the Sunbelt. The company became a subsidiary of United Technologies Corporation in 1980, and remained so until 2020, when it was spun off again as an independent publicly traded company. The Carrier Corporation remains a world leader in commercial and residential HVAC and refrigeration. In 2018, the Carrier Corporation had sales of $18.6 billion and employed 53,000 people. Carrier was inducted posthumously into the National Inventors Hall of Fame (1985) and the Buffalo Science Museum Hall of Fame (2008).
His final resting place can be found at the historic Forest Lawn Cemetery in Buffalo, New York in Section 15. If you park at the intersection of Sections 14, 15 and 16, his substantial monument can be found between the road and the river. Have fun and stay cool!
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Check out The Original Tombstone Tourist website at thetombstonetourist.com/graves/willis-carrier for the complete biography and more exciting content!
Willis Carrier (1876-1950) was the "father of air conditioning," developing both the theory and the applications of air conditioning systems. Carrier invented the first electrical air conditioning unit in 1902 and in 1915, he founded Carrier Corporation, a company specializing in the manufacture and distribution of heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems. The introduction of residential air conditioning in the 1920s helped start the great migration to the Sunbelt. The company became a subsidiary of United Technologies Corporation in 1980, and remained so until 2020, when it was spun off again as an independent publicly traded company. The Carrier Corporation remains a world leader in commercial and residential HVAC and refrigeration. In 2018, the Carrier Corporation had sales of $18.6 billion and employed 53,000 people. Carrier was inducted posthumously into the National Inventors Hall of Fame (1985) and the Buffalo Science Museum Hall of Fame (2008).
His final resting place can be found at the historic Forest Lawn Cemetery in Buffalo, New York in Section 15. If you park at the intersection of Sections 14, 15 and 16, his substantial monument can be found between the road and the river. Have fun and stay cool!
#famousgraves #gravesite #grave #cemetery #cemeterylovers #airconditioner
