Background
Martin, Dwight was born on May 27, 1921 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of Lorenzo Woodhouse and Julia Hays (Worthington) Martin.
Martin, Dwight was born on May 27, 1921 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of Lorenzo Woodhouse and Julia Hays (Worthington) Martin.
Student George Washington University, 1940-1943.
; children—Arthur, Neil. Married second, Emilie Lee, June 25, 1957. Children—Claudia, Sarah.
Married 3d, Karin Susan Smith, August 9, 1965. Children—Christopher Hays, Timothy Hugh. Copyboy Washington Post, 1938.
Reporter, rewrite man, assistant city editor Washington Times-Herald, 1942-1948. Foreign news writer Time magazine, 1948. Covered closing months Communist Revolution in China, 1949.
War correspondent assigned Korean war, 1950. Chief Tokyo Bureau Time-Life International, 1951-1954, chief Bureau for Singapore and S.E. Asia, 1954-1957, chief Bureau for Central and Eastern Europe, Vienna, 1958-1959, chief Caribbean Bureau, Havana, Cuba, 1959-1960. Chief Bureau for Bonn-Berlin, Newsweek, New York City, 1960-1962, editor Latin American and Canadian affairs, 1962-1963.
Co-editor Reporter magazine, 1963-1964. General editor Newsweek magazine, 1964-1966, senior editor, 1966-1978.
Served as special agent C.I.C., United States Army, Germany, 1946. Member Kappa Sigma.; Clubs: National Press (Washington).
Married Elizabeth Julia McNair, May 18, 1946 (divorced 1952).; married second, Emilie Lee, June 25, 1957.; married 3d, Karin Susan Smith, August 9, 1965.
Children: Arthur, Neil.