Background
Martin, Marion Elizabeth was born on January 14, 1900 in Kingman, Maine, United States. Daughter of William Henry and Florence Marie (MacLaughlin) Martin.
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Marion Elizabeth Martin
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AB, U. Maine, 1935; Doctor of Laws (honorary), University Maine, 1972; law student, Yale University, 1935-1936; law student, Northwestern University, summer 1937; Master of Arts (honorary), Bates College, 1938; Doctor of Laws (honorary), Nasson College, 1953.
Career
Member, Maine House of Representatives, 1931-1932, 33-34; member, Maine Senate, 1935-1936, 37-38; member Republican National Committee from Maine, 1936-1947; assistant chairman Republican National Committee, 1937-1947; commissioner labor and industry, State of Maine, 1947-1972. Government adviser International Labor Organization 42d and 43d sessions, Geneva, Switzerland.
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Founder National Federation Republican Women's Clubs. President Bradford Junior College Alumnae Association, 1949-1952. Trustee Bradford Junior College, 1952-1964.
Member lay committee National Council Churches of Christ in United States of America, 1952-1955, member general board, 1954-1955. Director National Safety Council from 1950, executive board, 1952-1960, and from 1961, vice president women's activities, 1952-1960, chairman women's conference, 1955-1958, vice chairman board directors from 1972. Representative National Tuberculosis Association, 1955-1972, executive committee, 1964-1965.
Secretary National Tuberculosis and Respiration Disease Association, 1969-1970. Chairman advisory committee on occupational health United States Bureau Public Health, 1956, member 1954-1959. Board directors Maine Tuberculosis Association, from 1950.
Member President' Task Force on Safety, 1970. Advisory committee Bureau Labor Standards, from 1970. Member technical committee on transportation of aging White House Conference Aging, 1971.
Member National Commission on State Workmens' Compensation Laws, 1971-1972. Project volunteer consultant state planning committee American Red Cross, 1973-1975. Member Maine Apprenticeship Council, from 1972, Maine Advisory Council Vocational Education, from 1974.
Member International Association Governmental Labor Officials (president 1949-1950, executive committee 1969-1972), Association Labor Mediation Agencies (executive board 1964-1971), American Arbitration Association (panel labor management mediators), American Association of University Women, Veterans of Safety, Bricklayers, Masons, Plasterers Union (honorary), Alpha Omicron Pi, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Mu Sigma, Delta Kappa Gamma.
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January 8, 1987 (aged 86) -
Resting place
Buried Mount Hope, Bangor, Maine -
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Religion
Episcopalian
Education
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1935
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1972
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1936
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1937
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1938
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1953
Career
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1931 - 1932
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1935 - 1936
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1936 - 1947
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1937 - 1947
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1947 - 1972
Awards
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Recipient award of acheivement New England region Soroptomists, 1959, Deborah Morton award Westbrook Junior College, 1964, Roselle W. Huddilston award Maine Tuberculosis Association, 1966.Recipient award of acheivement New England region Soroptomists, 1959, Deborah Morton award Westbrook Junior College, 1964, Roselle W. Huddilston award Maine Tuberculosis Association, 1966.