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

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wood products company and a named partner of the

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management and information technology consulting firm.

Biography

Carl Lewis Hamilton was born in

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on February 23, 1888, the son of Dr. Charles H. Hamilton and Mathilda Heberling (Lewis) Hamilton. He graduated from Dubuque High School in 1906, from the

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with a

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degree in

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in 1911. During his time in college, Hamilton worked as an agent for a

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timber, land, and rock company. 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

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. In 1915, Hamilton joined

. 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. Hamilton joined Booz & Fry Surveys as a partner in 1935. During

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, 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

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. Hamilton's most lasting legacy at Booz, Allen & Hamilton was the creation and implementation of the company's initial

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. 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. During Hamilton's tenure, the Booz & Fry company became first Booz, Fry, Allen & Hamilton. After George Fry left the company in 1942, it became Booz, Allen & Hamilton. In the mid 1970s, the company was renamed as Booz Allen Hamilton.

Death and burial

Hamilton died of a heart attack at his home in

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on May 27, 1946. He was buried at

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Chicago (''City in a Garden''); I Will , image_map = , map_caption = Interactive Map of Chicago , coordinates = , coordinates_footnotes = , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name ...

Family

Hamilton was the husband of Marjorie Atwood. They were the parents of son Charles (1917-1995) and daughter Marjorie (b. 1918), the wife of William Noble Lane (1917-1978).

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hamilton, Carl L. 1888 births 1946 deaths People from Dubuque, Iowa People from Winnetka, Illinois University of Minnesota College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences alumni 20th-century American businesspeople American consultants Weyerhaeuser Booz Allen Hamilton people Burials at Graceland Cemetery (Chicago)