Marshall Erdman
{{Short description|Lithuanian-American architect}}
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|nationality = Lithuanian American
|birth_name = Mausas Erdmanas
|birth_date = {{Birth date|1922|09|29}}
|birth_place = Tverai, Lithuania
|death_date = {{Death date and age|1995|09|17|1922|09|29}}
|death_place = Madison, Wisconsin
|alma_mater = University of Wisconsin–Madison
|practice = Marshall Erdman & Associates
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Marshall Erdman (September 29, 1922 – September 17, 1995) was a Lithuanian-American builder and colleague of Frank Lloyd Wright.
Life
=Early life=
Erdman was born Mausas Erdmanas on September 29, 1922, in Tverai, Lithuania. He emigrated to the United States at age 17{{cite news |last1=Martell |first1=Chris |title=Son Adopts Family Business |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/wisconsin-state-journal-marshall-erdman/126098901/ |work=Wisconsin State Journal |date=September 21, 1995 |location=Madison, WI |page=23 |access-date=June 9, 2023 |via=Newspapers.com}} {{Open access}} to live with an uncle in Chicago.
=Education=
Following high school, Erdman studied architecture at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He joined the United States Army Corps of Engineers in 1943, where he helped build the Remagen pontoon bridge.{{cite news |first=Bruce |last=Lambert |title=Marshall Erdman, 72, Producer Of Prefabricated Structures, Dies |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=990CE1DC1738F93AA1575AC0A963958260 |work=New York Times |date=1995-09-29 |accessdate=2008-02-02 }} He returned to his studies after the war, receiving a B.S. in Political Science from the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1946.
=Career=
Erdman started a construction company in 1946, which he incorporated in 1951 as Marshall Erdman & Associates. An integrated healthcare design-build company, Marshall Erdman & Associates grew rapidly, expanding into six different markets throughout the U.S. In early 2008, Marshall Erdman & Associates was purchased by Cogdell Spencer, a healthcare real estate investment trust, for $247 million. This part of Marshall's legacy is now traded on the NYSE as CSA.
In addition to founding Marshall Erdman & Associates, he introduced U-Form-It prefabricated house kits to the market in 1953 and [http://www.techline-furn.com/ Techline] office furniture in 1969.
=Legacy=
The Middleton Hills neighborhood in Middleton, Wisconsin had its first homes completed in 1996. This development is considered a Neo-traditional design.
Family
Erdman married Joyce Mickey (1924–1992), a UW-Madison student, in 1946,{{cite news |title=William F. Rowe, Jr. in Washington Wedding |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-free-lance-star-joyce-mickey-erdman/126151191/ |work=The Free Lance-Star |date=August 19, 1946 |location=Fredericksburg, VA |page=5 |access-date=June 10, 2023 |via=Newspapers.com}} {{Open access}}{{cite news |title=Mr. and Mrs. Willis Gale Gray |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-standard-star-joyce-mickey-erdman-1/126151205/ |work=The Standard-Star |date=August 16, 1946 |location=New Rochelle, NY |page=12 |access-date=June 10, 2023 |via=Newspapers.com}} {{Open access}} with whom he had four children.{{cite news |last1=Wineke |first1=William R. |title=A Builder of Madison Dies |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/wisconsin-state-journal-marshall-erdman/126151358/ |work=Wisconsin State Journal |date=September 18, 1995 |location=Madison, WI |pages=[https://www.newspapers.com/article/wisconsin-state-journal-marshall-erdman/126151358/ 1], [https://www.newspapers.com/article/wisconsin-state-journal-marshall-erdman/126151369/ 2] |access-date=June 10, 2023 |via=Newspapers.com}} {{Open access}} Erdman cut off ties to his remaining family members after marrying Mickey.{{cite news |last1=Davidoff |first1=Judith |title=Friends Remember an Uncommon Man |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-capital-times-marshall-erdman-1922/126151471/ |work=The Capital Times |date=September 13, 2003 |location=Madison, WI |page=10 |access-date=June 10, 2023 |via=Newspapers.com}} {{Open access}}
Work
File:First Unitarian Society Meeting Landmark Building - panoramio.jpg, Shorewood Hills, Wisconsin]]
=Projects=
- 1949–1950: First Unitarian Society of Madison, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright
- 1956–1961: Marshall Erdman Prefab Houses, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright
- 1956–1967: medical offices at Doctor's Park, Madison, designed by William Kaeser
- 196x: Doctor's Park, Appleton{{citation needed|date=February 2025}}
- 1957: Arnold Jackson House (Skyview), designed by Frank Lloyd Wright
- 1957: Wyoming Valley School, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright
- 1958: Faith Baptist Church, designed by Herb Fritz
- 1959: 100 homes in Sherman Village, Madison
- 1965–1966: Peace Corps camps at St. Croix and St. Thomas, Virgin Islands.
- 1965: medical office building, Georgetown, Massachusetts
- 1974: first modular medical building, Delbarton, West Virginia
- 1975: first Marshfield Clinic building
- 1989: Charlotte Memorial Hospital
- 1993: Middleton Hills planned community, Middleton, Wisconsin
=Awards=
References
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Further reading
- {{cite book |last=Moe |first=Doug |author2=Alice D'Alessio |title=Uncommon Sense: The Life of Marshall Erdman |year=2003 |publisher=Trails Custom Publishing |isbn=1-931599-31-9 }}
- Sprague, Paul (1990). Frank Lloyd Wright and Madison. Madison, WI: Elvehjem Museum of Art/University of Wisconsin.
External links
- [http://www.erdman.com/ Marshall Erdman & Associates]
- [http://ashraemadison.org/downloads/Company_Histories/marshall_erdman_history.pdf About Marshall Erdman] on ASHRAE - Madison, WI chapter website
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Category:American construction businesspeople
Category:Lithuanian emigrants to the United States
Category:University of Wisconsin–Madison College of Letters and Science alumni