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{{short description|American engineer}}
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[[Image:CMU Hamerschlag Hall.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Hamerschlag Hall is named for [[Carnegie Mellon]]'s first president]]
'''Arthur Arton Hamerschlag''' (November 25, 1872 – July 20, 1927) was an
==Early life==
He was born in [[New York, New York]] to immigrants from the [[
==Carnegie Tech years==
Carnegie and William H. Frew, chairman of the Board of Trustees of [[Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh|The Carnegie Institute]] and Carnegie's lawyer in Pittsburgh, hired Hamerschlag in 1903 as the first director of the fledgling Carnegie Technical Schools, as the project was first called. Its aim was not to compete with the nearby [[University of Pittsburgh]], but to provide practical vocational training in the industrial trades and to offer 3-year diplomas, not bachelor's degrees. And so the building of the campus began, and the hiring of faculty, and the school was launched.
[[File:4040 Bigelow Boulevard, Schenley Farms, 2024-02-12, 01.jpg|thumb|alt=Ledge House, home of A. A. Hammerschlag, designed for him by Henry Hornbostel|Ledge House, Pittsburgh home of A. A. Hamerschlag, designed for him by Henry Hornbostel]]
Hamerschlag built the campus in partnership with Carnegie himself and the architect [[Henry Hornbostel]]. While the campus grew, the school found it difficult to compete. Industrial unions had their own apprenticeship programs, and it was challenging to attract and retain faculty, most of whom preferred to work for degree-granting institutions. So in 1912, the Carnegie Technical Schools were renamed Carnegie Institute of Technology. Hamerschlag then led the development of bachelor's and master's degree programs, and the college took off.
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He returned to New York and reestablished an engineering practice. Hamerschlag died in 1927.
At Carnegie Mellon,
==References==
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[[Category:1872 births]]
[[Category:1927 deaths]]
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