Bruce Martin

Background

John Bruce Martin was born on February 2, 1922 in Auburn, Lee County, Alabama, United States. He was the son of Herbert Marshall, a college dean, and Lannie (Steadham) Martin, an elementary schoolteacher.

Education

In 1943 John Bruce Martin received a Bachelor of Science from the Alabama Polytechnic Institute (now Auburn University). In 1947 he obtained a Master of Science from the Ohio State University and a Doctor of Philosophy in 1949.

Career

From 1943 to 1946 John Bruce Martin served at the United States Army. He became captain and received Air Medal and Bronze Star (valor) with oak leaf cluster. Martin began as a process development engineer and became a manager, working from 1949 to 1955 at the Procter & Gamble Co. In 1955 he was promoted and appointed a manager of personnel and training for research and development worked in this position until 1967. He served as a coordinator of organization development for research and development from 1967 to 1974, and a head of Innovation Team from 1974 to 1977. Martin worked as a manager of industrial chemical market research from 1977 to 1982. From 1967 to 1968 he was a member of industrial advisory committee at the Ohio College of Applied Science. In 1980 Martin became a member of industrial advisory committee for chemical engineering at the Ohio State University.

From 1982 to 1987 he was a senior associate at the Indumar, Inc., an industrial marketing consultants, and served as a senior vice-president from 1987 to 1988. From 1982 to 1988 Martin was a teacher of courses in the business of chemical engineering at the University of Cincinnati and Auburn University. He was also a guest lecturer at the Ohio State University. In 1996 he became a member of advisory board of the Center for Microfibrous Materials Manufacturing at the Auburn University.

Achievements

• John Bruce Martin received many honors during his career. In 1971 he was named chemical engineer of the year for Ohio Valley section by the American Institute of Chemical Engineers. In 1982 Martin was named a distinguished engineer of the year by Technical Societies Council of Cincinnati. In World War II service, he attained the rank of Captain and was awarded two Bronze Stars for valor, and the Air Medal.

Works

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• book

  • Defending Donald Harvey

    (Over the course of eighteen years, Donald Harvey murdered...)

    2005
  • Martin's Mini Mysteries

    (The seventeen short stories in this collection stand alon...)

    1998

Membership

John Bruce Martin was a member of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, of the Chemical Management and Resources Association, of the American Society for Engineering Education, of the American Chemical Society, of the Mystery Writers of America, of the Sisters in Crime, of the Commercial Development and Marketing Association, of the Sigma Xi, of the Tau Beta Pi, of the Phi Kappa Phi, and of the Phi Lambda Upsilon.

Personality

John Bruce Martin enjoyed walking for a long distance. He hiked the 2138-mile Appalachian Trail, trekked in Nepal, and backpacked in the Chihuahuan Desert. Martin sang in the Delta Kings barbershop chorus and the Paddlewheel quartet and was active in church choirs and offices.

Interests

• hiking, barbershop quartet singing

Connections

On August 7, 1943 John Bruce Martin married Jane Foster. In November, 1960 she died. On June 25, 1963 he married Phyllis Rodgers, an author. He had three children: Shirlie Martin Briggs, John B., Jr., Richard Kipp.

Father:

Herbert Marshall Martin

Mother:

Lannie Martin

Spouse:

Phyllis Barbara Rodgers

Daughter:

Shirlie Martin Briggs

Son:

Richard Kipp Martin

Son:

John Bruce Martin

ex-spouse:

Mildred Jane Foster

References

• Contemporary Authors
  1998