Background
Martin, Lawrence was born on February 14, 1880 in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, United States. Son of William Proctor and Fannie Maria (Hare) Martin.
Martin, Lawrence was born on February 14, 1880 in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, United States. Son of William Proctor and Fannie Maria (Hare) Martin.
Bachelor of Arts, Cornell Univercity,1904, Doctor of Philosophy, 1913. Master of Arts, Harvard, 1906.
Assistant geology, Cornell Univercity, 1903-1905. Assistant, instructor and assistant professor, University of Wisconsin, 1906-1913, associate professor physiography and geography, 1913-1919. Special lecturer in geography, Johns Hopkins University, 1920-1921, Georgetown University, 1922-1923, Clark University, 1922-1923, Foreign Service School of State Department, 1925, University of California at Los Angeles, 1928.
Drafting officer in Department of State, 1920-1924.
Chief Division of Maps, Library of Congress, 1924-1946, also incumbent of the Chair of Geography, of the Library of Congress, 1933-1946. On furlough in Map Division, Office of Strategic Services, Joint Chiefs of Staff, 1944-1945.
In Department of State, 1946. Honorary consultant in geography, Library of Congress, 1946.
Junior geologist United States Geological Survey, 1903-1924, field work in New York, 1903, Alaska, 1904, Pennsylvania, 1906, Lake Superior region, 1907.
Geologist, Wisconsin Geological Survey, 1908-1917. Alaska, 1905, in American Geography Society party. Leader Alaskan expns. of National Geography Society, 1909, 10, 11, 13.
Member United States Geography Board, 1921-1934, United States Board on Geography Names from 1934, and Board of Surveys and Maps from 1927.
Geographical advisory committee, United States Office of Strategic Services, 1941-1943. Geographer Institute of Politics, Williamstown, Massachusetts, 1921-1927, National Research Council, 1917-1918, 1923-1928.
Expert witness in Minnesota-Wisconsin boundary case, 1917, in Wisconsin-Michigan boundary case, 1923-1925, in Palmas Island arbitration, 1925-1927, in Great Lakes level case, 1927-1928, in Delaware-New Jersey boundary case, 1932, Guatemala-Honduras boundary arbitration, 1932. Wisconsin-Michigan boundary case, 1933, Virginia-District of Columbia boundary case, 1935, Arkansas-Tennessee boundary case, 1938.
Chief delegate of the United States to 1st General Assembly of Pan-American Institute of Geography and History, Mexico City, September 29, and delegate to 2d Assembly, Washington, District of Columbia, 1935.
Private, Lieutenant, United States Army, 1917. Captain, major, Grandson, 1918. Lieutenant colonel military intelligence, O.R.C., 1921-1936.
On duty General Headquarters, American Expeditionary Force, and American Commission to Negotiate Peace, 1918-1919.
Member Commission International des Glaciers. Member Geography Society of Hungary, Royal Geography Society Vienna, Appalachian Mountain. Member Explorers.