Douglas Martin

Background

Martin was born in Napier, New Zealand.

Career

He was the first New Zealand resident to become a church general authority. Shortly after the New Zealand Temple was completed in 1958, church president David O. McKay made Martin a sealer in the temple. From 1958 to 1962, he was the temple recorder.

He was released as a general authority in October 1992.

From 1992 to 1995, he was president of the Hamilton New Zealand Temple. In 2010, Martin died in Hamilton at age 82.

Achievements

• His doctoral dissertation, which dealt with the work of post-modern writer Kathy Acker, was awarded The Irving Howe Prize for Best Dissertation Involving Politics and Literature in 2007.

Membership

Martin was serving as a regional representative when he was called as a general authority and member of the First Quorum of the Seventy in 1987. In April 1989 became one of the inaugural members of the Second Quorum of the Seventy.