A. P. Hamann

[1] After graduating in 1932, he served as the university's alumni association director before joining the United States Navy during World War II.At the time, the city's sewage system was insufficient to handle the large amount of waste produced by the local canneries; Hamann's new plant was designed not just for current demand, but allowed for a significant expansion.IBM wanted to move its research staff out of downtown to a dedicated facility to be sited on unincorporated land south of San Jose, but were being blocked by the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors.Hamann simply had San Jose annex the proposed site and pushed the project's approval through the city council.Hamann and his wife Frances died on Pan Am Flight 1736 on March 27, 1977, in the Tenerife airport disaster, a collision of two Boeing 747s in the Canary Islands.
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