Carl L. Hamilton
{{Short description|American businessman}}
{{Infobox person
|name = Carl Hamilton
|birth_date = February 23, 1888
|birth_place = Dubuque, Iowa, U.S.
|death_date = May 27, 1946 (aged 58)
|death_place = Winnetka, Illinois, U.S.
|resting_place = Graceland Cemetery, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
|alma_mater = University of Minnesota (B.S.)
|occupation = Business executive
|known_for = Named partner, Booz Allen Hamilton
|spouse = Marjorie Atwood
|children = 2
}}
Carl Lewis Hamilton (February 23, 1888 – May 27, 1946) was an American businessman. He is most notable for his work as a senior executive of the Weyerhaeuser wood products company and a named partner of the Booz Allen Hamilton management and information technology consulting firm.
Biography
Carl Lewis Hamilton was born in Dubuque, Iowa on February 23, 1888, the son of Dr. Charles H. Hamilton and Mathilda Heberling (Lewis) Hamilton.{{sfn|Genealogical and Biographical Record of the Lewis and Grisell Families|page=148}} He graduated from Dubuque High School in 1906,{{sfn|Genealogical and Biographical Record of the Lewis and Grisell Families|page=149}} from the University of Minnesota with a Bachelor of Science degree in forestry in 1911.{{sfn|The National Cyclopedia of American Biography|page=540}} During his time in college, Hamilton worked as an agent for a West Virginia timber, land, and rock company.{{sfn|The National Cyclopedia of American Biography|page=540}} In the years immediately following his graduation, he was the general sales manager for a Minnesota lumber distributor, and manager for a lumber company with operations in Costa Rica.{{sfn|The National Cyclopedia of American Biography|page=540}}
In 1915, Hamilton joined Weyerhaeuser.{{sfn|"Executive Profile: Carl Hamilton"}} Originally the general manager of the Weyerhaeuser Forest Products subsidiary, he advanced through the ranks to become vice president and general manager of the Weyerhaeuser General Timber Service Company.{{sfn|"Executive Profile: Carl Hamilton"}}
Hamilton joined Booz & Fry Surveys as a partner in 1935.{{sfn|"Executive Profile: Carl Hamilton"}} During World War II, Hamilton led Booz & Fry's successful effort to obtain management services work in the defense industry, including personnel management for the United States Cartridge Company in St. Louis.{{sfn|"Executive Profile: Carl Hamilton"}}
Hamilton's most lasting legacy at Booz, Allen & Hamilton was the creation and implementation of the company's initial code of ethics.{{sfn|"Executive Profile: Carl Hamilton"}} His effort to codify the importance of corporate integrity and fair behavior was one of the first adopted by a U.S. corporation, and became a model that many other businesses emulated.{{sfn|"Meet Carl: Founding Name Partner"}}
During Hamilton's tenure, the Booz & Fry company became first Booz, Fry, Allen & Hamilton.{{sfn|"List of Deals: Booz, Allen & Hamilton, Inc."}} After George Fry left the company in 1942, it became Booz, Allen & Hamilton.{{sfn|"List of Deals: Booz, Allen & Hamilton, Inc."}} In the mid 1970s, the company was renamed as Booz Allen Hamilton.{{sfn|"List of Deals: Booz, Allen & Hamilton, Inc."}}
Death and burial
Hamilton died of a heart attack at his home in Winnetka, Illinois, on May 27, 1946.{{sfn|"Obituary, Carl L. Hamilton"|page=12}} He was buried at Graceland Cemetery in Chicago.{{sfn|"Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths Index, 1916-1947"}}
Family
Hamilton was the husband of Marjorie Atwood.{{sfn|"Obituary, Carl L. Hamilton"|page=12}} They were the parents of son Charles (1917–1995) and daughter Marjorie (b. 1918), the wife of William Noble Lane (1917–1978).{{sfn|"Obituary, Carl L. Hamilton"|page=12}}
References
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Sources
=Books=
- {{cite book |last1=Lewis |first1=Morgan Milton |last2=Emmons |first2=Jessie Gray Mrs. |date=1903 |title=Genealogical and Biographical Record of the Lewis and Grisell Families |url=https://archive.org/stream/genealogicalbiog00lewi#page/148/mode/2up/ |location=Coopersville, MI |publisher=DeVos Printer |ref={{sfnRef|Genealogical and Biographical Record of the Lewis and Grisell Families}}}}
- {{cite book |last=White |first=James Terry |date=1948 |title=The National Cyclopedia of American Biography |volume=34 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fIo4AQAAMAAJ&q=%22hamilton,+carl+lewis%22+%22university+of+minnesota%22+%221911%22 |location=New York, NY |publisher=J. T. White |ref={{sfnRef|The National Cyclopedia of American Biography}}}}
=News sites=
- {{cite news |title=Executive Profile: Carl Hamilton |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/people/person.asp?personId=8105842&privcapId=160233 |work=Bloomberg.com |location=New York, NY |access-date=May 3, 2018 |ref={{sfnRef|"Executive Profile: Carl Hamilton"}}}}
=Internet=
- {{cite web |url=https://www.boozallen.com/e/bio/leadership/carl-l--hamilton.html |title=Meet Carl: Founding Name Partner |website=boozallen.com |publisher=Booz Allen Hamilton |location=McLean, VA |access-date=May 3, 2018 |ref={{sfnRef|"Meet Carl: Founding Name Partner"}}}}
- {{cite web |url=https://www.library.hbs.edu/hc/lehman/company.html?company=booz_allen_hamilton_inc |title=List of Deals: Booz, Allen & Hamilton, Inc. |website=Contemporary Business Archives, Lehman Brothers Collection |publisher=Harvard Business School |location=Cambridge, MA |access-date=May 3, 2018 |ref={{sfnRef|"List of Deals: Booz, Allen & Hamilton, Inc."}}}}
- {{cite web |url=https://www.ancestry.com// |title=Carl Lewis Hamilton in the Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths Index, 1916-1947 |date=1946 |website=Ancestry.com |publisher=Ancestry.com, LLC |location=Provo, UT |access-date=May 3, 2018 |url-access=subscription |ref={{sfnRef|"Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths Index, 1916-1947"}}}}
=Newspapers=
- {{cite news |date=May 29, 1946 |title=Obituary, Carl L. Hamilton |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/370238791/ |work=Chicago Daily Tribune |location=Chicago, IL |url-access=subscription |via=Newspapers.com |ref={{sfnRef|"Obituary, Carl L. Hamilton"}}}}
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Category:People from Dubuque, Iowa
Category:People from Winnetka, Illinois
Category:University of Minnesota College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences alumni
Category:20th-century American businesspeople