Education
He earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts and Master of Fine Arts from Carnegie Mellon, and a Doctor of Philosophy from Purdue University.
He earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts and Master of Fine Arts from Carnegie Mellon, and a Doctor of Philosophy from Purdue University.
Hamm taught art at Carlow College from 1963 to 1964, West Virginia University from 1965 to 1969 and Virginia Commonwealth University until his death from Lou Gehrig"s Disease in 1980. He is the author of the art instruction book, "Painting the nude."
He is the father of journalist Xeni Jardin and of Virginia disc jockey Carl M. Hamm. Virginia Commonwealth University"s Art Department offers an annual academic award in his name.