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Author: S. J. Clarke (Publisher, 1922)

HUGH RUDEN CARTER.
    Hugh Ruden Carter, city improvement engineer of Little Rock, with broad
knowledge of the scientific principles which underlie his work and comprehensive
practical experience in all that has to do with road building and other lines of
city improvement, was born in Winfield, Kansas, on the 27th of June, 18S7, while
his parents were on a visit there, the family home being at that time in the
city of Fayetteville, Arkansas. He is a son of James David and Mary Josephine
(Glass) Carter. The father was born in the vicinity of Fayetteville in 1855 and
still makes his home in that city, where he has retired from active business.
His political endorsement is given to the republican party. His wife was born in
Fayetteville in 1859 and their marriage was celebrated in the year 1876. They
have become parents of three sons and two daughters, all yet living with the
exception of one daughter.

    Hugh R. Carter acquired his early education in the Fayetteville public
schools and afterward was graduated from the University of Arkansas in 1907 with
the degree of Bachelor of Civil Engineering, while in 1914 the Civil Engineer
degree was conferred upon him. He has always devoted his attention to
professional interests and duties, specializing in the building of highways and
pavements, and his advanced knowledge and expert skill have led to his selection
for the important office of city improvement engineer at Little Rock. He was
formerly state highway engineer of Arkansas from 1913 until 1919 and he is now
consulting engineer for eleven road districts in the state. He finds ready and
correct solution for the many intricate and involved professional problems which
confront him iu connection with the execution of the duties of his office and
the private practice of his profession.

    On the 21st of December, 1910, in Texarkana. Mr. Carter was married to Miss
Velma Mary Robins, who was born at that place in 18S9. They have membership in
the First Methodist Episcopal church, South, and fraternally Mr. Carter is a
thirty-second degree Mason and member of the Mystic Shrine. He also has
membership with the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks and in club circles is
well known through his identification with the Quapaw Club and the Springlake
Club. His military record consists of service as captain in charge of highway
construction at Camp Knox, Kentucky, from August, 1918, until January, 1919,
during which period he was on leave of absence from his state work. His
political endorsement has always been given to the democratic party, but he has
never sought office outside the strict path of his profession, preferring always
to concentrate his efforts and attention upon his chosen calling, in which he
has made steady advance until he now occupies a place of prominence among the
road builders and civil engineers of Arkansas.


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Citation:
Centennial History of Arkansas
Volume II
Chicago-Little Rock: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company
1922


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