Hermann Bleuler

He was from 1858 to 1861 an engineer at the Bell Maschinenfabrik [de] AG Kriens, resigning in 1861 to join the Swiss army.

From 1891 to 1904 he was the Kommandant of the 3rd Army Corps and member of the Landesverteidigungskommission (National Defense Commission).

[1][2] Bleuler was a member from 1881 to 1907 of the Swiss Schulrat (Federal School Board), serving as its president from 1888 to 1905.

[1] As president, he supported the construction of engineering laboratories at the Zürich Polytechnikum and the improvement of the quality of the teaching staff there.

[2] The building, constructed by the architect Alfred Friedrich Bluntschli, has been since 1990 under Swiss federal protection as a historical landmark.