[1] Ingested lemon juice with cyanide.
Wife: Helen Sweetman (one daughter)
Daughter: Jane (b. 1937, after Carothers' death)
University: Capital City Commercial College, Des Moines, IA
University: BS Chemistry, Tarkio College
Teacher: University of South Dakota (one year)
University: PhD, University of Illinois (1924)
Professor: Harvard University (1926-28)
DuPont Research Chemist (1928-37)
National Academy of Sciences 1936
National Inventors Hall of Fame 1984
Risk Factors: Depression