Marshall Erdman

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Marshall Erdman
Born
Mausas Erdmanas

(1922-09-29)September 29, 1922
Lithuanian American
Alma materUniversity of Wisconsin–Madison
OccupationArchitect
PracticeMarshall Erdman & Associates

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[1] 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.[2] 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 Techline office furniture in 1969.

Legacy

The Middleton Hills neighborhood in

Neo-traditional design
.

Family

Erdman married Joyce Mickey (1924–1992), a UW-Madison student, in 1946,[3][4] with whom he had four children.[5] Erdman cut off ties to his remaining family members after marrying Mickey.[6]

Work

Unitarian Meeting House, Shorewood Hills, Wisconsin

Projects

Awards

References

  1. Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  2. ^ Lambert, Bruce (1995-09-29). "Marshall Erdman, 72, Producer Of Prefabricated Structures, Dies". New York Times. Retrieved 2008-02-02.
  3. Newspapers.com. Open access icon

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