Hartman, Carl G. (Carl Gottfried), 1879-1968

The first person to receive a PhD from the University of Texas at Austin (UT), Dr. Carl Gottfried Hartman (1879-1968) graduated in 1915 with a focus in zoology. He previously served as superintendent of Travis County schools (1904-1909) and taught at the Sam Houston State Teachers College in Huntsville (1909-1912). Hartman taught at UT until 1925, when he became a research associate in the Laboratory of Embryology of the Carnegie Institute at Johns Hopkins Medical School. In 1941, he joined the University of Illinois’s zoology and physiology departments, leaving to work for the Ortho Research Foundation in Raritan, New Jersey, as director of the physiology department (1947-1951) and as associate director (1951-1958). Hartman retired in 1958 and became a consultant for the Margaret Sanger Research Bureau in New York City.

From the guide to the Hartman, Carl G. papers 67-097; 71-130; 95-052., 1908-1915, 1968, (Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin)

Although Carl Gottfried Hartman, 1879-1968, was born in Reinbeck, Iowa, he grew up and was educated in Texas. In 1915 he was awarded the University of Texas' first PhD degree. He taught zoology at the University of Texas from 1912 to 1925 before leaving to teach at the University of Illinois. Specializing in mammalian reproduction, Hartman authored Physiology (1913), The human body and its enemies: a textbook of hygiene sanitation (1914), The anatomy of the Rhesus monkey (1933), Time of ovulation in women (1936), and Possums (1952) in addition to more than 200 articles. He served as associate director of the Ortho Research Foundation and was an authoritative voice in the planned parenthood movement. In 1949 Dr. Hartman received the Lasker Award given by Planned Parenthood - World Population and after his death the Society for the Study of Reproduction initiated the annual Carl G. Hartman Award.

From the description of Carl Gottfried Hartman papers, 1905-1966. (National Library of Medicine). WorldCat record id: 14322248

From the guide to the Carl Gottfried Hartman Papers, 1905-1966, (History of Medicine Division. National Library of Medicine)

The first person to receive a PhD from the University of Texas at Austin (UT), Dr. Carl Gottfried Hartman (1879-1968) graduated in 1915 with a focus in zoology.

He previously served as superintendent of Travis County schools (1904-1909) and taught at the Sam Houston State Teachers College in Huntsville (1909-1912). Hartman taught at UT until 1925, when he became a research associate in the Laboratory of Embryology of the Carnegie Institute at Johns Hopkins Medical School. In 1941, he joined the University of Illinois' zoology and physiology departments, leaving to work for the Ortho Research Foundation in Raritan, New Jersey, as director of the physiology department (1947-1951) and as associate director (1951-1958). Hartman retired in 1958 and became a consultant for the Margaret Sanger Research Bureau in New York City.

From the description of Hartman, Carl G., papers, 1908-1915, 1968 (University of Texas Libraries). WorldCat record id: 707938993