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A staunch supporter of Cougar Athletics, Dr. Emerson Carpenter served as a team physician for the Cougars in the 1970s. He traveled with the baseball program and worked numerous men's soccer games for the nationally-ranked Cougars. Carpenter worked in private practice for more than 20 years before joining SIUE as a physician in Health Services. An associate professor of diagnostic specialties in the School of Dental Medicine, Carpenter would be named Director of Health Services. His work for the athletic department never went unnoticed.