Carl L. Hamilton

Carl Lewis Hamilton was born in Dubuque, Iowa on February 23, 1888, the son of Dr. Charles H. Hamilton and Mathilda Heberling (Lewis) Hamilton.[1] He graduated from Dubuque High School in 1906,[2] from the University of Minnesota with a Bachelor of Science degree in forestry in 1911.[3] During his time in college, Hamilton worked as an agent for a West Virginia timber, land, and rock company.[3] 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.[3]

In 1915, Hamilton joined Weyerhaeuser.[4] 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.[4]

Hamilton joined Booz & Fry Surveys as a partner in 1935.[4] 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.[4]

Hamilton's most lasting legacy at Booz, Allen & Hamilton was the creation and implementation of the company's initial code of ethics.[4] 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.[5]

During Hamilton's tenure, the Booz & Fry company became first Booz, Fry, Allen & Hamilton.[6] After George Fry left the company in 1942, it became Booz, Allen & Hamilton.[6] In the mid 1970s, the company was renamed as Booz Allen Hamilton.[6]

Hamilton died of a heart attack at his home in Winnetka, Illinois on May 27, 1946.[7] He was buried at Graceland Cemetery in Chicago.[8]

Hamilton was the husband of Marjorie Atwood.[7] They were the parents of son Charles (1917-1995) and daughter Marjorie (b. 1918), the wife of William Noble Lane (1917-1978).[7]