Timeline...

1942 Cloud Wampler replaced an ailing but still active Willis Carrier. Carrier continued to come to his office regularly, though less often, through 1949.
1949 Payne, Bryant and Day & Night bought themselves from Dresser Industries and formed Affiliated Gas Equipment (AGE). Carrier bought AGE in 1955.
October 7, 1950 Death of Willis Haviland Carrier at age 73. Referred to internationally as the "Father of Air Conditioning."
1955 With the advent of jet passenger service, Carrier develops an air-turbine-driven centrifugal refrigeration machine to cool the Douglas Aircraft Company's DC 8. Although small enough to fit inside a small piece of carry-on luggage, it was powerful enough to air condition seven average sized homes.
1955 The U.S.S. Forrestal, the largest airfield afloat, is air conditioned by Carrier.
1959 America's nuclear powered submarines are commissioned with Carrier air conditioning systems aboard.

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