Stanley Jennings Carpenter (9 December 1904 – 28 August 1984), Colonel, U.S. Army, retired, deceased, a noted medical entomologist, was born December 9, 1904 in West Liberty, Morgan County, Kentucky, and died on August 28, 1984 at Santa Rosa, California at age 79. This biographical sketch is based on the text of a memorial lecture (edited for this venue) presented by a colleague on March 24, 1997.