Career
He briefly taught at the Carleton School for Boys after he graduated from Dartmouth. He then worked for three months at D.C. Heath and Company, a publisher in Boston. He started working for Western Electric in 1892. He traveled with his wife to Japan as an agent for Western Electric in October 1897. He was the assistant of Harry B. Thayer, then the International department manager for Western Electric. Thayer had been to Tokyo in 1896 and knew that the telephone business in Japan was promising. Carleton met with Kunihiko Iwadare, the Western Electric agent in Japan. He also met with Saitaro Oi, chief engineer of the Ministry of Communications and others. Walter joined Iwadare and Takeshiro Maeda as one of the three founding directors of NEC Corporation in 1899. He represented Western Electric by voting their share of NEC stock. Western Electric held 54% of NEC at the time. He was later presented with a wakizashi as a gift in recognition for his work at NEC. Though his time with NEC was limited to the years of 1897 to 1900, Carletons influence would stay with NEC for years after his departure. He sailed for home 2 June 1900 after completing his duties with NEC. He arrived in Bradford Massachusetts, 30 June 1900. He was to take charge of the Chicago branch of Western Electric. Tragically he had developed appendicitis. Carleton died during a difficult operation at Hale hospital on 6 July 1900 in Haverhill, Massachusetts.
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