James Bonar

James Bonar was a Scottish native who came to Pittsburgh to work for Carnegie in 1884. In 1893, he helped organize the Pittsburgh Gage and Supply Company. Later he organized his own firm, James Bonar and Company, that sold steam appliances. During WWI, he was the superintendent of expedition at U.S. Steel before being selected in 1919 as the Superintendent of Buildings by the Pittsburgh Board of Education. As an artist he served for many years as the President of the Associated Artists of Pittsburgh.