Lisle Carleton Carter Jr. (November 18, 1925 – September 10, 2009) was an American administrator who worked for civic organizations, educational institutions, and the federal government.
Carter graduated from high school at age 15, and from there spent two years at Cazenovia College.
He entered government as a Deputy Assistant Secretary at the U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare under the Kennedy Administration.
Carter was a past board chairman of the Children's Defense Fund, a nonprofit child advocacy organization, and served on the board of the Kettering Foundation, a science, education and international and urban affairs research foundation.
He was a trustee for Georgetown University, Dartmouth College, the Pension Rights Center and the Aspen Institute.