Background
Martin, Edith Waisbrot was born on June 25, 1945 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Daughter of Alexander Joseph and Helen Mae Waisbrot.
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Edith Waisbrot Martin
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Education
Bachelor of Arts, Lake Forest College, 1967; postgraduate, Universitat Karlsruhe, West Germany, 1971-1972; Master of Science in Information and Computer Science, Georgia Institute Technology, 1975-1976; Doctor of Philosophy, Georgia Institute Technology, 1980.
Career
Director computer science technical laboratory, Georgia Institute Technology, Atlanta, 1976-1980;
corporation executive director, Control Data Corporation, Atlanta, 1980-1982;
president, EWM & Associations, Inc., Atlanta, 1982;
deputy under secretary, Department Defense for Research and Advanced Technology, Washington, 1982-1984;
United States principal, Non-Atomic Research and Development Committee, 1982;
United States principal, North Atlantic Treaty Organization Defense Research Group, Brussels, Belgium, 1982;
vice president, high technical center, Boeing Defense & Space Center, Seattle, 1984-1992;
vice president, Chief Information Officer, International Telecommunications Satellite Organization, Washington, since 1992. Member steering committee Scottish Collaborative Initiative on Optoelectronic Sciences (SCIOS). Board directors Information Resources, Inc., Photonics Spectra magazine.
Member external advising committee mechanic and electronic engineering division Los Alamos National Laboratory. Board visiting U. Washington Law School, since 1990.
Achievements
Membership
National advisory board Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, 1983. Visiting committee University Washington College Engineering. Board visitors Carnegie-Mellon Software Engineering Institute.
Visiting committee College Engineering, Cornell U.adv. board for Women in Engineering Initiative University Washington/National Science Foundation. National advisory committee Strategic Defense Initiative. Board directors Washington Technology Center.
Trustee Pacific Northwest Ballet. Fellow Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (executive board of directors technical committee on software Computer Society since 1982, award of appreciation-recognition 1983). Member Association Computing Machinery, Electronics Industries Association (subcommittee chairman 1981 recognition award), Air Force Association, Association Old Crows, Sigma Xi (award of appreciation-recognition from President Ronald Reagan 1983, Women in Communication award 1989).
Clubs: Army-Navy Country (Washington), Lakes (Bellevue, Washington), Bellevue Athletic, Overlake Golf and Country (Medina, Washington).
Connections
Married Charles Samuel Martin, December 16, 1967 (divorced January 1982). Children: William McNutt, Christine Katherine. Married Douglas Carter Montgomery, September 2, 1982 (divorced July 1986).
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Political Party
Republican
Education
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1972
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1980
Awards
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Recipient numerous awards Department Defense including Distinguished Public Service award Caspar Weinberg (1984). Susan B. Anthony award, 1987, Upward Mobility award Society Women Engineers, 1989.Recipient numerous awards Department Defense including Distinguished Public Service award Caspar Weinberg (1984). Susan B. Anthony award, 1987, Upward Mobility award Society Women Engineers, 1989.