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3 unusual facts about Walter Tenney Carleton


Harry Bates Thayer

He traveled to Japan in 1896 and subsequently initiated Western Electric's participation in the forming of Nippon Electric Company, Ltd., where his assistant, Walter Tenney Carleton became a founding director.

Isaac N. Carleton

Walter was one of the three founding directors of NEC Corporation, the first Japanese joint venture with foreign capital.

Walter Tenney Carleton

Their only son, Charles Dubois Carleton was born 7 January 1899 in Yokohama Japan, where Walter and Enriqueta had traveled on business with Western Electric.



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