Carl Henry Winslow

Carl Henry Winslow (November 14, 1931 – October 31, 2020) was an American fire chief and United States Army Reserves staff sergeant. He was the fire chief in Yarmouth, Maine, for seventeen years. The town's former fire station is now named for him.

Life and career Winslow was born in Portland, Maine, on November 14, 1931, a son of Ernest Albert Winslow and Florence Isabel Morrison.

He graduated from North Yarmouth Academy in 1949, and went on to receive a bachelor's degree in education from Gorham State Teacher's College. He earned a master's degree from the University of Maine in 1962. He attended Eastern Michigan University as a recipient of a National Science Foundation fellowship.

He began a career at Yarmouth Junior High School between 1956 and 1963, when it was located in Brickyard Hollow, teaching seventh-grade math and science. Five years later, he became principal of grades 3 to 6 at Yarmouth Elementary School, and of Yarmouth Intermediate School between 1963 and 1968.

He was a member of the Yarmouth Town Council for nine years, serving as its chair in 2006 and 2007. He received the town's "Latchstring Award" in 2014.