Michael Rovine Carter ’73

Michael Rovine Carter ’73 died on April 28, 2015, at Baptist Medical Center in Little Rock, Arkansas. Mike came to Dartmouth from Horace Mann High School in Little Rock, from which he graduated at the age of 16 as salutatorian of his class and a National Merit Scholarship finalist. He left Dartmouth before graduation and later received a bachelor’s in business administration from Philander Smith College in Little Rock. After graduation Mike worked for the Worthen Bank in Little Rock and then for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration at the National Center for Toxicological Research in Pine Bluff, Arkansas. Later he worked in the rail transportation industry for the Missouri Pacific Railroad and the Union Pacific Railroad. Mike loved boating on the Arkansas River, often assisting boaters in distress on the river, and developed a website with river levels and lock and dam information for the public. He also enjoyed repairing children’s bicycles, playing chess, flying kites and fishing. Mike is survived by his wife, Inge, daughter Felicia and son Robert.