Marshall Erdman
Marshall Erdman (September 29, 1922 – September 17, 1995) was a Lithuanian-American builder and colleague of Frank Lloyd Wright.
Marshall Erdman
- Name
- Marshall Erdman
- Birth Name
- Mausas Erdmanas
- Born
- 29 September 1922
- Birthplace
- Tverai, Lithuania
- Died
- 17 September 1995
- Place of death
- Madison, Wisconsin
- Education
- University of Wisconsin–Madison
- Nationality
- United States
- Occupation
- architect
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Marshall Erdman (September 29, 1922 – September 17, 1995) was a Lithuanian-American builder and colleague of Frank Lloyd Wright.
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• Name — Marshall Erdman • Birth Name — Mausas Erdmanas • Born — 29 September 1922 • Birthplace — Tverai, Lithuania • Died — 17 September 1995 • Place of death — Madison, Wisconsin • Education — University of Wisconsin–Madison • Practice — Marshall Erdman & Associates
Early life
Early life
Erdman was born Mausas Erdmanas on September 29, 1922, in Tverai, Lithuania. He emigrated to the United States at age 17 to live with an uncle in Chicago.
Education
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. He returned to his studies after the war, receiving a B.S. in Political Science from the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1946.
Career
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.
Family
Family
Erdman married Joyce Mickey (1924–1992), a UW-Madison student, in 1946, with whom he had four children. Erdman cut off ties to his remaining family members after marrying Mickey.
Work
Work
• Illustration — Unitarian Meeting House, Shorewood Hills, Wisconsin
Projects
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 • 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
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Tverai.
Birth place
Madison.
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Legacy
The Middleton Hills neighborhood in Middleton, Wisconsin had its first homes completed in 1996. This development is considered a Neo-traditional design.
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- Getty Union List of Artist Names 500282733, Marshall Erdman and Associates.
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- “Marshall Erdman”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q6773563: Marshall Erdman
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- 1.Martell, Chris. Son Adopts Family Business. Wisconsin State Journal. 23. September 21, 1995.
- 2.Lambert, Bruce. Marshall Erdman, 72, Producer Of Prefabricated Structures, Dies. New York Times. 1995-09-29.
- 3.William F. Rowe, Jr. in Washington Wedding. The Free Lance-Star. 5. August 19, 1946.
- 4.Mr. and Mrs. Willis Gale Gray. The Standard-Star. 12. August 16, 1946.
- 5.Wineke, William R. A Builder of Madison Dies. Wisconsin State Journal. 1, 2. September 18, 1995.
- 6.Davidoff, Judith. Friends Remember an Uncommon Man. The Capital Times. 10. September 13, 2003.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 2
- Moe, Doug. Uncommon Sense: The Life of Marshall Erdman. Trails Custom Publishing. 2003. 1-931599-31-9.
- Sprague, Paul (1990). Frank Lloyd Wright and Madison. Madison, WI: Elvehjem Museum of Art/University of Wisconsin.
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Getty Union List of Artist Names 500282733, Marshall Erdman and Associates.The Getty Research Institute
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