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Frederick L. Eberhardt (February 27, 1868 – 1946) was an American engineer, philanthropist, university administrator, and president of Gould & Eberhardt, a major Newark-based manufacturer of gear cutters and shapers, and other machine tools. Under his leadership the firm became a major supplier to the US auto industry, as well as to the military during World War II. Eberhardt was born in
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, the eldest son of Swiss-born Ulrich Eberhardt and his American wife, Emeline T Eberhardt. Eberhardt graduated from the inaugural class of 1885 at Newark Technical School, which eventually became
New Jersey Institute of Technology New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) is a Public university, public research university in Newark, New Jersey, United States, with a graduate-degree-granting satellite campus in Jersey City. Founded in 1881 with the support of local indust ...
(NJIT). Eberhardt married Martha Lou Boals, and they had three children: Ruth Boals Eberhardt, Frederick Gordon Eberhardt and Eleanor H Eberhardt. They lived in Newark, but by 1930 had moved to
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. Eberhardt Hall, New Jersey Institute of Technology is named in his honor. Gould and Eberhardt Gear Machinery are still in the machine tool business, and are today based in Webster, Massachusetts.


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{{DEFAULTSORT:Eberhardt, Frederick 1868 births 1946 deaths American philanthropists American chief executives of manufacturing companies New Jersey Institute of Technology alumni People from Maplewood, New Jersey Engineers from Newark, New Jersey