A. J. Carlson

Type: Private
On the web: http://csystems.com
Employees: 500

Carlson Holdings is holding it all together. Through three segments -- Carlson Systems (primary); Carlson Systems Engineering, and Mid-Atlantic Fasteners -- the holding company distributes product assembly systems and supplies to customers in the industrial and packaging sectors. Founded in 1947 with a $350 investment by Carl and Julia Carlson, the parents of chairman Don Carlson, Carlson Systems was initially a regional staple supplier. The company has since grown its network to some 2000 dealers distributing packaging, fastening, and construction supplies throughout the US and Mexico. Carlson Systems Engineering (window and door assembly equipment) was created to support its parent in 1974.

Key numbers for fiscal year ending December, 2008:
Sales: $183.0M

Officers:
Chairman: Donald W. (Don) Carlson
EVP Operations: Mike Doody
CFO: Don Munchrath

Competitors:
HD Supply
WESCO International
W.W. Grainger

Anton Julius Carlson
Born	January 29, 1875(1875-01-29) Sweden
Died	September 2, 1956
Nationality	Swedish-American
Fields	Physiology
Institutions	University of Chicago American Physiological Society AAAS

Anton Julius Carlson (January 29, 1875–September 2, 1956) was a Swedish American physiologist. Carlson was born in Sweden and came to the USA in 1891. He received a doctorate in physiology at Stanford in 1902 and began working at the University of Chicago in 1904. While Carlson was at Chicago, he conducted experiments on Fred Vlcek^[1], similar to those conducted on Alexis St. Martin by William Beaumont, regarding his gastric fistula. These included illuminating his stomach with electric lights in order to observe digestion. Carlson became chairman of the physiology department at the University of Chicago in 1916 and remained chairman until 1940.

Carlson was president of the American Physiological Society from 1923 to 1925 and president of the AAAS in 1944. He was elected a foreign member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in 1929. In 1953, Carlson was the first person to receive the American Humanist Association's Humanist of the Year award^[2].

References

1. ^ Contributions to the physiology of the stomach.—I. The character of the movements of the empty stomach in man, A. J. Carlson, American Journal of Physiology 31, #3 (December 2, 1912), pp. 151–168.
2. ^ Humanists of the Year, web page at the American Humanist Association web site, accessed January 11, 2007.

External links

• Carlson in The University of Chicago Faculty: A Centennial View
• Carlson as 10th president of the American Physiological Society
• Carlson page at the AAAS web site

Preceded by Isaiah Bowman

President of the American Association for the Advancement of Science 1944

Succeeded by James B. Conant

Persondata
NAME	Carlson, Anton Julius
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Swedish-American physiologist
DATE OF BIRTH	January 29, 1875
PLACE OF BIRTH	Sweden
DATE OF DEATH	September 2, 1956
PLACE OF DEATH

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