William Flynn Martin
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William Flynn Martin is an American energy economist, educator and international diplomat. Martin served as Special Assistant to President Reagan for National Security Affairs, Executive Secretary of the National Security Council in the West Wing of the White House and Deputy Secretary of the Department of Energy during the Ronald Reagan Reagan administration. He was also President of the Council of the University for Peace
, appointed to the Council by Secretary General of the United Nations Kofi Annan
. Martin also served as Executive Director of the Republican Platform Committee during the re-election bid of George H.W. Bush. He has held senior appointments and advisory positions under several Presidents including: Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush.
Martin currently serves as the chairman of the international energy consulting firm, Washington Policy & Analysis, Inc. He is also chairman of the United States Department of Energy
's Nuclear Energy Advisory Committee.
Martin was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma
. He achieved his Bachelor of Science
from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania
in 1972 and his Master of Science
from MIT in 1974. His master's thesis was the basis of an article he co-authored with George Cabot Lodge in the Harvard Business Review
(Our Society in 1985: Business may not like it, March 1975)http://www.wpainc.com/PDF/Harvard_Business_Review.pdf.
. The hearings were in response to the Club of Rome's report, Limits to Growth and were aimed at providing the first Congressional hearings on the world economic, energy and environmental outlook and the need for sustainable growth strategies. He was also part of an MIT engineering group that produced a volume for the United Nations Environmental Program on resource materials for studies in environmental management. He is co-author of the report, Professional Materials for Environmental Management Education (MIT Press, 1975). These publications were later submitted to the first United Nations conference on the environment held in Stockholm in 1972 and headed by Maurice Strong
who said of Growth and Its Implications for the Future, “This small volume summarizes much of the important work going on today with regard to global survival…. I know of no other publication to date which emphasizes more systematically or extensively, and in such readable form, the interacting relationships amongst diverse fields.”
Following graduating from MIT, Martin joined the MIT Energy Laboratory as a Program officer for the Workshop on Alternative Energy Strategies headed by Professor Carroll L. Wilson, the first General Manager of the US Atomic Energy Commission. This fifteen country energy assessment group headquartered at MIT met for three years and produced the report, Energy: Global Energy Prospects 1985-2000 (McGraw-Hill, 1975). Martin was a co-author of the final report and editor of Energy Supply to the Year 2000 (MIT Press, 1977) (MIT Press, 1977) http://www.wpainc.com/PDF/Energy_Supply_to_the_Year_2000.pdf. Mr. Martin was responsible for energy supply analysis as well as energy projections of developing nations. He and his co-author Frank J.P. Pinto were responsible for using the SIMLINK model of the World Bank as an economic foundation for projecting energy futures for developing nations. This World Bank-MIT project was one of the pioneering research attempts to estimate energy prospects for developing countries. (See Energy and Economic Growth Prospects for the Developing Countries: 1960-2000, by William F. Martin and Frank J.P. Pinto, in Energy: Global Prospects: 1985-2000).
Martin then moved to Paris where he was responsible for energy statistics for developing countries at the International Energy Agency
(Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, Paris) and was part of a UN expert group in 1979 that developed the methodology for reporting United Nations
energy statistics. The statistics were published in the volumes I and II of the report Workshop on Energy Data of Developing Countries (IEA/OECD, 1978). Mr. Martin was director of the IEA Workshop on Energy Statistics for Developing Countries that resulted in the first publication of energy statistics for over 100 countries in a matrix supply/demand integration format. In 1977, he was promoted to special assistant to the Executive Director of the IEA, Ulf Lantzke, and served in this capacity for three years during the time of the second oil shock.
At the commencement of the Iran-Iraq war
it was agreed that nations should coordinate stock draw in the event of a disruption. As the special assistant to the IEA executive director, Martin served as coordinator for four IEA Ministerial meetings. Agreed upon in 1981, these communiques are the basis of IEA agreements today and a key element of the 2009 discussions between Henry Kissinger
(the founder of IEA), Nobuo Tanaka
and William Martin on expanding this concept to include China, India and other advancing nations.
as Special Assistant to the Under Secretary of State. In 1981, he was transferred to the National Security Council as Director of International Economic Affairs. In this capacity he prepared recommendations for the President in the area of energy security, East-West economic relations, the Iran-Iraq war and Central American economic development. A key responsibility of Martin was to conceptualize and then negotiate with the Europeans the issue of the importance of less reliance on Soviet natural gas - a project that was directed personally by President Reagan. Martin's role was key to negotiate the development of the giant Norwegian gas field, Troll, to be an alternative to Soviet gas imports to Europe. This was part of a larger program to undermine the Soviet economy as reported in the book, Victory http://www.amazon.com/Victory-Administrations-Strategy-Hastened-Collapse/dp/0871136333. Roger Robinson, Dennis Blair and William Martin are credited in a Presidential citation with preparing the Williamsburg Declaration, a three page communique agreed to by the G-7 leaders(including Prime Minister Thatcher, Prime Minister Nakasone, Chancellor Kohl and Prime Minister Mitterrand). The President read the three page declaration before the world press. Many conclude that this jointly agreed document that argued for free market and free trade policies set in place the principles for worldwide economic recovery beginning in 1983. Based on these achievements, he was appointed Special Assistant to President Ronald Reagan, responsible for the coordination of the President’s international and head of state meetings.
Mr. Martin helped arrange President Reagan's international meetings including coordination with the White House Advance Office, NSC staff and Department of State -- and participated in the President's visits to Japan (1983), South Korea (1983), China (1984), Ireland (1984), D-day celebration on Normandy beaches (1984), United Kingdom (1984), France (1984), Canada (1985), Spain (1985), Germany (1985), EU Parliament (1985), the Geneva "Reagan-Gorbachev" summit (1985) and several G-7 economic summit meetings (Williamsburg, London, Bonn). Working closely with the State Department and NSC staff, he also coordinated the preparation of President Reagan's oval office head of state meetings as NSC Senior Director for Coordination, coordinating and participating in the President's major bilateral meetings with,among others, Prime Minister Nakasone of Japan, Shimon Peres of Israel, King Fahd of Saudi Arabia, Prime Minister Mulroney of Canada, President Saibou of Niger, King Hussein of Jordan, Prime Minister Thatcher, Prime Minister Craxi of Italy, Prime Minister Kaar Willock of Norway, Prime Minister Prem Tinsulanond (Thailand), Prime Minister Ranasinghe Premadas (Sri Lanka), Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko (Russia), OECD Secretary General Jean-Claude Paye, UN Secretary General Perez de Cuellar and Chancellor Kohl of Germany. http://www.reagan.utexas.edu/archives/textual/smof/martin.htm
In addition to general preparation of the President’s meeting with Soviet premier Mikhail Gorbachev
, he and Dr. Alvin Trivelpiece were responsible for concluding an agreement with his Russian counterpart, Academian Evgeny Velikhov
, on magnetic fusion cooperation that has since become the ITER
(International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor) http://www.iter.org/ project as recognized in the concluding sentence of the communiqué of this historic meeting, "The two leaders emphasized the potential importance of the work aimed at utilizing controlled thermonuclear fusion for peaceful purposes and, in this connection, advocated the widest practicable development of international cooperation in obtaining this source of energy, which is essentially inexhaustible, for the benefit for all mankind."
In appreciation for Martin’s work on numerous projects, President Reagan commended him in a series of letters on: European gas supplies; the 1983 Williamsburg Summit; the 1984 UN General Assembly; the 1985 Reagan-Gorbachev Geneva Summit; Reagan’s 1983 trip to Asia; Reagan’s 1984 trip to China; and Martin’s tenure as the Executive Secretary of the National Security Council.
. In practice, it serves as the NSC’s chief of staff responsible for coordination, budget and management of the National Security Council. The Executive Secretary coordinates the National Security Council meetings and manages vital policy and information communication from the Cabinet and the NSC staff to the President. One of the duties of Mr. Martin as Executive Secretary was to oversee the White House Situation Room
located in the basement of the West Wing of the White House which is in 24/7 communication with the Department of Defense, State Department, Intelligence Community and US Embassies abroad.
As Executive Secretary, Martin also chaired an Executive Secretary group composed of officials from State, Defense, CIA and the NSC responsible for coordinating the President's national security priorities as identified in a book titled National Security Issues of the United States. Martin also developed a system for briefing the President using a six month calendar priority list, often supplementing with video presentations.
At the time of the Iran-Iraq war in 1984, Mr. Martin was responsible for the coordination of an NSC Special Situation Group headed by Vice-President Bush on building up the defensive capabilities of friendly Middle East countries and developing a strategy to cope with potential oil market disruptions. The plan, approved by the President and Vice President, was an important step in building US military capability in the Gulf resulting in the successful defense of Kuwait and Saudi Arabia in the 1991 Gulf War
. The plan also stimulated the buildup of the US Strategic Petroleum Reserve.
In 1985, Martin chaired an NSC inter-agency group on Central American Economic Development. The conclusion of the working group, presented to and approved by the President, was threefold: encourage free market reforms; contribute $8 billion in economic assistance; and encourage continued security in the region (Reagan National Security Decision Directive 2-85). The policy also called upon all US cabinet officers to assist Central America in its quest for economic development (ie. agriculture, energy, commerce, transportation). The theme of the presentation was that security assistance in Central America would be enhanced through economic growth and prosperity. Without economic progress, the security situation would continue to unravel. In addition, Martin coordinated a special program transfer Los Alamos National Laboratory
"hot dry rock" energy technology to Costa Rica. The program laboratory program grew to include laser technology developed in DOE labs to evaluate air quality in Mexico City.
During the Christmas holiday season in 1985, Mr. Martin was traveling with President Reagan to California as the NSC aide. During the week, there was a terrorist attack on the Rome and Vienna
airports, resulting in the deaths of innocent men, women and children. Martin set up an NSC crisis management center on the site of the Annenberg estate where the President was staying and kept the President updated with morning, noon and evening meetings. The terrorist was Abu Nidal
and the New York Times reported that Martin was handling the terrorist attack for the President. It was learned that Abu Nidal had backing from Libya and a key question for the President was the appropriate response. The President responded that since the attacks were in Rome and Vienna, authorities in those countries should bring the criminals to justice. Three months later when Americans were killed in the La Belle Discotheque bombing
in Berlin, President Reagan responded with an attack on Gaddafi's compound.
as United States Deputy Secretary of Energy, the number two official of the Department of Energy. The DOE is responsible for the nation’s nuclear weapons complex, scientific research and energy policy. At the time of his confirmation, the department had over 150,000 employees and contractors. Martin was awarded the department’s highest award for a report he produced, Energy Security: Report to the President of the United States. The study was the first comprehensive inter-agency, publicly available study on US energy security, which concluded that imports would continue to rise and that US must strive for greater energy efficiency and development of clean coal technology, safe nuclear power, natural gas, solar and other renewable technologies, as well as to maintain incentives for environmentally sensitive domestic oil development. He was also commended by the Democratic Chairman of the House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Committee, John Dingell. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Letter_to_WFM_from_John_Dingell.pdf William Martin was the Administration's top energy adviser on the US-Canadian Free Trade Agreement that opened up energy markets between the US and Canada. He was commended for his work as a member of the negotiating team and core member of the Cabinet group that oversaw the negotiations with Canada. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WFM_Free_Trade_with_Canada_Agreement_Certificate.pdf
In addition, during Martin's tenure he was presented with and approved a DOE proposal by Dr. Alvin Trivelpiece to map the Human Genome. The Human Genome Project
was the crown jewel of 20th century biology. It is notable that this scientific gem was launched by the math, physics and supercomputing strengths of the Department of Energy.
Martin has continued to work with the DOE on various projects since his tenure as Deputy Secretary. From 2002 to 2004, he served on the Secretary's Advisory Board (SEAB), chairing the industry-government sub-committee. Since 2002, he has been Chairman of the Nuclear Energy Advisory Committee and was a committee member of a SEAB group to review the Department of Science. Recently, he served in an advisory capacity on the DOE’s Strategic Technology Energy Plan aimed to utilize technological gains in energy efficiency to both reduce carbon emissions as well as overall energy consumption. His contribution to the project was to create an energy supply/demand ‘matrix’ approach to detail all sectors of energy use (industrial, commercial, residential etc.) and supplies to meet those demands.
Martin joined the board of the World Resources Institute
in 1998 and served as WRI’s Chairman of the Development Committee. He was instrumental in conceptualizing the October 2000 "Digital Dividends" conference between leading environmentalists and technology leaders, including Bill Gates
, on reducing the digital divide.
Trilateral Commission:
In 1997, he was the lead author of a Trilateral Commission
study, Maintaining Energy Security in a Global Context. His co-authors were Helga Stegg and Japanese Ambassador to the United Nations Disarmament Conference, Ryukichi Imai. The report was translated into French, German and Japanese.
Republican Platform Committee:
In 1992, he served as the Executive Director of the Republican Platform Committee and co-authored the Committee’s volume, The Vision Shared: Uniting Our Family, Our Country, Our World. The responsibilities included managing hearings on topics of the Platform in Kansas City, Salt Lake City and Washington, DC, culminating in the Platform discussions and presentation at the Republican National Convention in Houston.
Nuclear Energy Advisory Committee:
Martin is also chairman of the Department of Energy’s Nuclear Energy Advisory Committee http://www.ne.doe.gov/neNeacOverview.html). Appointed under the Administration of George W. Bush in 2002, Martin oversees a sixteen person committee responsible for advising the Department of Energy on four key areas: nuclear reactor research and development, including Gen-IV reactors; technology issues related to fuel cycle; infrastructure requirements for DOE national laboratories; and international nuclear issues including non-proliferation, safety and security. NEAC released the report, Nuclear Energy: Policies and Technology for the 21st Century,http://www.ne.doe.gov/neac/neacPDFs/NEAC_Final_Report_Web%20Version.pdf to provide a bipartisan approach to nuclear energy and technology road map for advancing safe nuclear energy worldwide.
Council on Foreign Relations:
Martin was elected to the Council on Foreign Relations
in 1983 and served as chairman of the Council's Energy Security Group http://www.cfr.org/project/48/energy_security_group.html from 1997 to 2006. He is a frequent speaker on energy at the Council including recent speeches on the Fukushima disaster and the subsequent effects on energy implications for US-Japan relations as well as presiding over a session with Senator Joseph Lieberman on the future of China's energy situation. On the occasion of the 90th anniversary of the Council on Foreign Relations, Mr. Martin presented a paper entitled Energy: Looking back, Looking Forward 90 Years.
University for Peace:
In 2004, Martin was appointed by the Secretary General of the United Nations Kofi Annan
to the Council of the University for Peace
.http://www.upeace.org/ He was elected President of the Council of the University for Peace at its October 2006 meeting. Headquartered in Costa Rica, the United Nations-mandated University for Peace was established in December 1980 as a Treaty Organization by the UN General Assembly
. As determined in the Charter of the University, the mission of the University for Peace is: “to provide humanity with an international institution of higher education for peace with the aim of promoting among all human beings the spirit of understanding, tolerance and peaceful coexistence, to stimulate cooperation among peoples and to help lessen obstacles and threats to world peace and progress, in keeping with the noble aspirations proclaimed in the Charter of the United Nations."
North Korea:
Martin was also the chairman of the UN Working Group on the DPRK (North Korea
), providing assistance to the Six Party Talks (involving representatives of the governments of China, Russia, Japan, United States, North and South Korea) on economic and energy prospects for the DPRK on behalf of the United Nations. This group issued the 2005 report, Energy Scenarios for the DPRK. A companion group on economic issues confronting North Korea was chaired by Nobel Prize winner Joseph Stiglitz.
Prague Security Studies Institute:
In 1998, Martin co-founded the Robinson-Martin Security Scholars Program http://www.pssi.cz/security-scholars-program at the Prague Security Studies Institute
http://www.pssi.cz/ that aims to educate Czech students in national security. In 2004 he co-chaired a conference in Prague on "Energy and Security" with former Czech Deputy Prime Minister Alexandr Vondra
focused on developing diversified energy sources for the Czech Republic. He is currently a member of the Board of PSSI and Chairman of the PSSI Corporate Council http://www.pssi.cz/corporate-council-program. For these efforts, he was commended by President Vaclav Havel for outstanding contributions to the Czech Republic.
Club of Prague
In 2004, he was co-founder of the Club of Praguehttp://www.pssi.cz/en/corporate-council-program/club-of-prague/, an initiative under the auspices of President Václav Havel
to seek more environmentally sensitive energy policies composed of distinguished scientists, historians, philosophers, writers and energy systems engineers.
US-Japan relations:
Long interested in US-Japan energy relations, Martin was Chairman of the US-Japan energy working group that produced the 1983 Reagan-Nakasone Joint Statement on Japan-United States Energy Cooperation. He was also active in approving and testifying on the US-Japan Nuclear Cooperation agreement of 1987. More recently, Martin has been coordinator of the Santa Fe Energy Seminar that brings senior Japanese and US government and private sector leaders together to discuss the importance of nuclear energy and its impact on the global environment, world economy and non-proliferation.http://www.wpainc.com/no_flash/conferences.html
International Atomic Energy Agency:
In 2008, he was appointed by IAEA Director General Mohamed ElBaradei as Project Coordinator for the IAEA’s 20/20 Project, which provided an assessment of the challenges the Agency will face in a report, Reinforcing the Global Nuclear Order for Peace and Prosperity: The Role of the IAEA to 2020 and Beyond.
Global Energy Prize:
In 2008, William Martin was elected to the International Award Committee of the Global Energy Prize
. This prize, presented by the President of Russia, recognizes outstanding research and innovation in the field of energy. "The Global Energy International Prize is one of the most prestigious international awards granted for outstanding scientific achievements in the field of energy which have proved of benefit to the entire human race."
Award from Government of France:
William Martin was one of two US recipients of an outstanding young leader award in 1991, resulting in a program of study in France of French energy policies with a focus on the nuclear energy sector.
Department of Defense:
In early 2003, Martin was assigned to the office of the Secretary of Defense with responsibilities to recruit senior US civilian advisers for assignments in Iraq. This involved placing American advisers in 26 Iraqi agencies and ministries for the purposes of Iraqi reconstruction, as well as dispatching Czech Chef Justice Vojtech Cepl to Iraq to evaluate property restitution. Based on this experience, Justice Cepl with the assistance of Ambassador Boyden Gray
initiated the training of over 140 Iraqi judges in Prague's CEELI Institute http://www.ceeliinstitute.org/history-of-the-ceeli-institute.aspx.
Republican Presidential Campaigns:
William Martin has been part of the campaign of every Republican Presidential candidate since 1988. He served as policy coordinator for 1988 Bush/Quayle
, Executive Director of the Republican Platform Committee in 1992 and policy adviser on platform matter to campaigns Dole (1996)
, George W. Bush (2000)
, and McCain/Palin (2008)
. In these campaigns Martin also served as a spokesman/surrogate speaker for the Presidential candidate on matters related to energy and the environment. His efforts were commended by George H.W. Bush in letters for work done on the 1988 and 1992 campaigns. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Letter_to_WFM_from_George_Bush.pdf http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bush2.pdf He was also commended by Robert Dole for his effort on the 1996 Presidential election. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Letter_to_WFM_from_Bob_Dole.pdf
William Martin has two sons. Nicholas Carl Martin (born August 10, 1982), a graduate of Swarthmore College
and the University for Peace
, is Executive Director of the The U.S. Association for the University for Peace
and President of TechChange. Christopher Flynn Martin (born February 6, 1984), a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania
, is a graduate student and researcher at the Primate Research Institute of Kyoto University
in Japan. He was married to Jill Wheaton Martin from 1974 to 2008.
William Martin is from a pioneering Oklahoma political and oil family. His great-grandfather, Dennis T. Flynn, was the first US Congressman from the State of Oklahoma and is the first inductee into the Oklahoma hall of fame. His grandfather, Olney Flynn, was mayor of Tulsa and Republican nominee for Governor of Oklahoma in 1948. His grandmother was Grayce Kerr whose first husband was Robert S. Kerr
, Oklahoma Senator and founder of the oil company, Kerr-McGee
. Martin's great uncle was John Chisum
, the Texas cattleman portrayed by John Wayne in the movie Chisum
. Martin was the 1968 Tulsa, Oklahoma high school tennis champion and was the tennis pro at the Homestead Resort in Glen Arbor, Michigan
. He resides in Havre de Grace
, Maryland
and Prague, Czech Republic
.
University for Peace
The University for Peace was established in Costa Rica in 1980 "to provide humanity with an international institution of higher education for peace and with the aim of promoting among all human beings the spirit of understanding, tolerance and peaceful coexistence."At present, the UPEACE Costa...
, appointed to the Council by Secretary General of the United Nations Kofi Annan
Kofi Annan
Kofi Atta Annan is a Ghanaian diplomat who served as the seventh Secretary-General of the UN from 1 January 1997 to 31 December 2006...
. Martin also served as Executive Director of the Republican Platform Committee during the re-election bid of George H.W. Bush. He has held senior appointments and advisory positions under several Presidents including: Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush.
Martin currently serves as the chairman of the international energy consulting firm, Washington Policy & Analysis, Inc. He is also chairman of the United States Department of Energy
United States Department of Energy
The United States Department of Energy is a Cabinet-level department of the United States government concerned with the United States' policies regarding energy and safety in handling nuclear material...
's Nuclear Energy Advisory Committee.
Martin was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma
Tulsa, Oklahoma
Tulsa is the second-largest city in the state of Oklahoma and 46th-largest city in the United States. With a population of 391,906 as of the 2010 census, it is the principal municipality of the Tulsa Metropolitan Area, a region with 937,478 residents in the MSA and 988,454 in the CSA. Tulsa's...
. He achieved his Bachelor of Science
Bachelor of Science
A Bachelor of Science is an undergraduate academic degree awarded for completed courses that generally last three to five years .-Australia:In Australia, the BSc is a 3 year degree, offered from 1st year on...
from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania
Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania
The Wharton School is the business school of the University of Pennsylvania, an Ivy League university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Wharton was the world’s first collegiate business school and the first business school in the United States...
in 1972 and his Master of Science
Master of Science
A Master of Science is a postgraduate academic master's degree awarded by universities in many countries. The degree is typically studied for in the sciences including the social sciences.-Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay:...
from MIT in 1974. His master's thesis was the basis of an article he co-authored with George Cabot Lodge in the Harvard Business Review
Harvard Business Review
Harvard Business Review is a general management magazine published since 1922 by Harvard Business School Publishing, owned by the Harvard Business School. A monthly research-based magazine written for business practitioners, it claims a high ranking business readership among academics, executives,...
(Our Society in 1985: Business may not like it, March 1975)http://www.wpainc.com/PDF/Harvard_Business_Review.pdf.
Career
As a graduate student at MIT he was part of a team that a prepared ten days of Congressional hearings on Growth and Its Implications for the Future (Roundtable Press, 1973) http://www.wpainc.com/PDF/Growth_and_Its_Implications.pdf. The ten days of hearings were chaired by Congressman John DingellJohn Dingell
John David Dingell, Jr. is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1955 . He is a member of the Democratic Party...
. The hearings were in response to the Club of Rome's report, Limits to Growth and were aimed at providing the first Congressional hearings on the world economic, energy and environmental outlook and the need for sustainable growth strategies. He was also part of an MIT engineering group that produced a volume for the United Nations Environmental Program on resource materials for studies in environmental management. He is co-author of the report, Professional Materials for Environmental Management Education (MIT Press, 1975). These publications were later submitted to the first United Nations conference on the environment held in Stockholm in 1972 and headed by Maurice Strong
Maurice Strong
Maurice F. Strong, PC, CC, OM, FRSC is a Canadian entrepreneur and a former under-secretary general of the United Nations. Strong's first name is pronounced "Mor'ris" with the accent on the first syllable....
who said of Growth and Its Implications for the Future, “This small volume summarizes much of the important work going on today with regard to global survival…. I know of no other publication to date which emphasizes more systematically or extensively, and in such readable form, the interacting relationships amongst diverse fields.”
Following graduating from MIT, Martin joined the MIT Energy Laboratory as a Program officer for the Workshop on Alternative Energy Strategies headed by Professor Carroll L. Wilson, the first General Manager of the US Atomic Energy Commission. This fifteen country energy assessment group headquartered at MIT met for three years and produced the report, Energy: Global Energy Prospects 1985-2000 (McGraw-Hill, 1975). Martin was a co-author of the final report and editor of Energy Supply to the Year 2000 (MIT Press, 1977) (MIT Press, 1977) http://www.wpainc.com/PDF/Energy_Supply_to_the_Year_2000.pdf. Mr. Martin was responsible for energy supply analysis as well as energy projections of developing nations. He and his co-author Frank J.P. Pinto were responsible for using the SIMLINK model of the World Bank as an economic foundation for projecting energy futures for developing nations. This World Bank-MIT project was one of the pioneering research attempts to estimate energy prospects for developing countries. (See Energy and Economic Growth Prospects for the Developing Countries: 1960-2000, by William F. Martin and Frank J.P. Pinto, in Energy: Global Prospects: 1985-2000).
Martin then moved to Paris where he was responsible for energy statistics for developing countries at the International Energy Agency
International Energy Agency
The International Energy Agency is a Paris-based autonomous intergovernmental organization established in the framework of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development in 1974 in the wake of the 1973 oil crisis...
(Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, Paris) and was part of a UN expert group in 1979 that developed the methodology for reporting United Nations
United Nations
The United Nations is an international organization whose stated aims are facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and achievement of world peace...
energy statistics. The statistics were published in the volumes I and II of the report Workshop on Energy Data of Developing Countries (IEA/OECD, 1978). Mr. Martin was director of the IEA Workshop on Energy Statistics for Developing Countries that resulted in the first publication of energy statistics for over 100 countries in a matrix supply/demand integration format. In 1977, he was promoted to special assistant to the Executive Director of the IEA, Ulf Lantzke, and served in this capacity for three years during the time of the second oil shock.
At the commencement of the Iran-Iraq war
Iran-Iraq War
The Iran–Iraq War was an armed conflict between the armed forces of Iraq and Iran, lasting from September 1980 to August 1988, making it the longest conventional war of the twentieth century...
it was agreed that nations should coordinate stock draw in the event of a disruption. As the special assistant to the IEA executive director, Martin served as coordinator for four IEA Ministerial meetings. Agreed upon in 1981, these communiques are the basis of IEA agreements today and a key element of the 2009 discussions between Henry Kissinger
Henry Kissinger
Heinz Alfred "Henry" Kissinger is a German-born American academic, political scientist, diplomat, and businessman. He is a recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize. He served as National Security Advisor and later concurrently as Secretary of State in the administrations of Presidents Richard Nixon and...
(the founder of IEA), Nobuo Tanaka
Nobuo Tanaka
is the Japanese official and the former Executive Director of the International Energy Agency. He was born on 3 March 1950 in Japan. He is graduated from the University of Tokyo in the field of economics in 1972, and has an MBA from Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio . In 1973 he...
and William Martin on expanding this concept to include China, India and other advancing nations.
Reagan Administration
Following his four years in Paris, Martin joined the United States Department of StateUnited States Department of State
The United States Department of State , is the United States federal executive department responsible for international relations of the United States, equivalent to the foreign ministries of other countries...
as Special Assistant to the Under Secretary of State. In 1981, he was transferred to the National Security Council as Director of International Economic Affairs. In this capacity he prepared recommendations for the President in the area of energy security, East-West economic relations, the Iran-Iraq war and Central American economic development. A key responsibility of Martin was to conceptualize and then negotiate with the Europeans the issue of the importance of less reliance on Soviet natural gas - a project that was directed personally by President Reagan. Martin's role was key to negotiate the development of the giant Norwegian gas field, Troll, to be an alternative to Soviet gas imports to Europe. This was part of a larger program to undermine the Soviet economy as reported in the book, Victory http://www.amazon.com/Victory-Administrations-Strategy-Hastened-Collapse/dp/0871136333. Roger Robinson, Dennis Blair and William Martin are credited in a Presidential citation with preparing the Williamsburg Declaration, a three page communique agreed to by the G-7 leaders(including Prime Minister Thatcher, Prime Minister Nakasone, Chancellor Kohl and Prime Minister Mitterrand). The President read the three page declaration before the world press. Many conclude that this jointly agreed document that argued for free market and free trade policies set in place the principles for worldwide economic recovery beginning in 1983. Based on these achievements, he was appointed Special Assistant to President Ronald Reagan, responsible for the coordination of the President’s international and head of state meetings.
Mr. Martin helped arrange President Reagan's international meetings including coordination with the White House Advance Office, NSC staff and Department of State -- and participated in the President's visits to Japan (1983), South Korea (1983), China (1984), Ireland (1984), D-day celebration on Normandy beaches (1984), United Kingdom (1984), France (1984), Canada (1985), Spain (1985), Germany (1985), EU Parliament (1985), the Geneva "Reagan-Gorbachev" summit (1985) and several G-7 economic summit meetings (Williamsburg, London, Bonn). Working closely with the State Department and NSC staff, he also coordinated the preparation of President Reagan's oval office head of state meetings as NSC Senior Director for Coordination, coordinating and participating in the President's major bilateral meetings with,among others, Prime Minister Nakasone of Japan, Shimon Peres of Israel, King Fahd of Saudi Arabia, Prime Minister Mulroney of Canada, President Saibou of Niger, King Hussein of Jordan, Prime Minister Thatcher, Prime Minister Craxi of Italy, Prime Minister Kaar Willock of Norway, Prime Minister Prem Tinsulanond (Thailand), Prime Minister Ranasinghe Premadas (Sri Lanka), Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko (Russia), OECD Secretary General Jean-Claude Paye, UN Secretary General Perez de Cuellar and Chancellor Kohl of Germany. http://www.reagan.utexas.edu/archives/textual/smof/martin.htm
In addition to general preparation of the President’s meeting with Soviet premier Mikhail Gorbachev
Mikhail Gorbachev
Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev is a former Soviet statesman, having served as General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1985 until 1991, and as the last head of state of the USSR, having served from 1988 until its dissolution in 1991...
, he and Dr. Alvin Trivelpiece were responsible for concluding an agreement with his Russian counterpart, Academian Evgeny Velikhov
Evgeny Velikhov
Evgeny Pavlovich Velikhov is a physicist and scientific leader in the Russian Federation. His scientific interests include plasma physics, lasers, controlled nuclear fusion, power engineering and magnetohydrodynamics...
, on magnetic fusion cooperation that has since become the ITER
ITER
ITER is an international nuclear fusion research and engineering project, which is currently building the world's largest and most advanced experimental tokamak nuclear fusion reactor at Cadarache in the south of France...
(International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor) http://www.iter.org/ project as recognized in the concluding sentence of the communiqué of this historic meeting, "The two leaders emphasized the potential importance of the work aimed at utilizing controlled thermonuclear fusion for peaceful purposes and, in this connection, advocated the widest practicable development of international cooperation in obtaining this source of energy, which is essentially inexhaustible, for the benefit for all mankind."
In appreciation for Martin’s work on numerous projects, President Reagan commended him in a series of letters on: European gas supplies; the 1983 Williamsburg Summit; the 1984 UN General Assembly; the 1985 Reagan-Gorbachev Geneva Summit; Reagan’s 1983 trip to Asia; Reagan’s 1984 trip to China; and Martin’s tenure as the Executive Secretary of the National Security Council.
National Security Council, the White House
Martin served as the Executive Secretary of the National Security Council in the Reagan White House. http://www.whitehouse.gov/nsc/ The Executive Secretary is the head of the NSC as defined by the National Security Act of 1947National Security Act of 1947
The National Security Act of 1947 was signed by United States President Harry S. Truman on July 26, 1947, and realigned and reorganized the U.S. Armed Forces, foreign policy, and Intelligence Community apparatus in the aftermath of World War II...
. In practice, it serves as the NSC’s chief of staff responsible for coordination, budget and management of the National Security Council. The Executive Secretary coordinates the National Security Council meetings and manages vital policy and information communication from the Cabinet and the NSC staff to the President. One of the duties of Mr. Martin as Executive Secretary was to oversee the White House Situation Room
White House Situation Room
The White House Situation Room is a conference room and intelligence management center in the basement of the West Wing of the White House. It is run by the National Security Council staff for the use of the President of the United States and his advisors to monitor and deal...
located in the basement of the West Wing of the White House which is in 24/7 communication with the Department of Defense, State Department, Intelligence Community and US Embassies abroad.
As Executive Secretary, Martin also chaired an Executive Secretary group composed of officials from State, Defense, CIA and the NSC responsible for coordinating the President's national security priorities as identified in a book titled National Security Issues of the United States. Martin also developed a system for briefing the President using a six month calendar priority list, often supplementing with video presentations.
At the time of the Iran-Iraq war in 1984, Mr. Martin was responsible for the coordination of an NSC Special Situation Group headed by Vice-President Bush on building up the defensive capabilities of friendly Middle East countries and developing a strategy to cope with potential oil market disruptions. The plan, approved by the President and Vice President, was an important step in building US military capability in the Gulf resulting in the successful defense of Kuwait and Saudi Arabia in the 1991 Gulf War
Gulf War
The Persian Gulf War , commonly referred to as simply the Gulf War, was a war waged by a U.N.-authorized coalition force from 34 nations led by the United States, against Iraq in response to Iraq's invasion and annexation of Kuwait.The war is also known under other names, such as the First Gulf...
. The plan also stimulated the buildup of the US Strategic Petroleum Reserve.
In 1985, Martin chaired an NSC inter-agency group on Central American Economic Development. The conclusion of the working group, presented to and approved by the President, was threefold: encourage free market reforms; contribute $8 billion in economic assistance; and encourage continued security in the region (Reagan National Security Decision Directive 2-85). The policy also called upon all US cabinet officers to assist Central America in its quest for economic development (ie. agriculture, energy, commerce, transportation). The theme of the presentation was that security assistance in Central America would be enhanced through economic growth and prosperity. Without economic progress, the security situation would continue to unravel. In addition, Martin coordinated a special program transfer Los Alamos National Laboratory
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Los Alamos National Laboratory is a United States Department of Energy national laboratory, managed and operated by Los Alamos National Security , located in Los Alamos, New Mexico...
"hot dry rock" energy technology to Costa Rica. The program laboratory program grew to include laser technology developed in DOE labs to evaluate air quality in Mexico City.
During the Christmas holiday season in 1985, Mr. Martin was traveling with President Reagan to California as the NSC aide. During the week, there was a terrorist attack on the Rome and Vienna
Rome and Vienna airport attacks
The Rome and Vienna airport attacks were two major terrorist strikes carried out on December 27, 1985.- The attacks :At 08:15 GMT, four gunmen walked to the shared ticket counter for Israel's El Al Airlines and Trans World Airlines at Leonardo da Vinci-Fiumicino Airport outside Rome, Italy, fired...
airports, resulting in the deaths of innocent men, women and children. Martin set up an NSC crisis management center on the site of the Annenberg estate where the President was staying and kept the President updated with morning, noon and evening meetings. The terrorist was Abu Nidal
Abu Nidal
Abu Nidal , born Sabri Khalil al-Banna , was the founder of Fatah–The Revolutionary Council , a militant Palestinian group more commonly known as the Abu Nidal Organization...
and the New York Times reported that Martin was handling the terrorist attack for the President. It was learned that Abu Nidal had backing from Libya and a key question for the President was the appropriate response. The President responded that since the attacks were in Rome and Vienna, authorities in those countries should bring the criminals to justice. Three months later when Americans were killed in the La Belle Discotheque bombing
1986 Berlin discotheque bombing
The 1986 Berlin discotheque bombing was a terrorist attack on the La Belle discothèque in West Berlin, Germany, an entertainment venue that was commonly frequented by United States soldiers...
in Berlin, President Reagan responded with an attack on Gaddafi's compound.
Department of Energy
In June 1986, Martin was nominated by President Ronald Reagan and confirmed by the United States SenateUnited States Senate
The United States Senate is the upper house of the bicameral legislature of the United States, and together with the United States House of Representatives comprises the United States Congress. The composition and powers of the Senate are established in Article One of the U.S. Constitution. Each...
as United States Deputy Secretary of Energy, the number two official of the Department of Energy. The DOE is responsible for the nation’s nuclear weapons complex, scientific research and energy policy. At the time of his confirmation, the department had over 150,000 employees and contractors. Martin was awarded the department’s highest award for a report he produced, Energy Security: Report to the President of the United States. The study was the first comprehensive inter-agency, publicly available study on US energy security, which concluded that imports would continue to rise and that US must strive for greater energy efficiency and development of clean coal technology, safe nuclear power, natural gas, solar and other renewable technologies, as well as to maintain incentives for environmentally sensitive domestic oil development. He was also commended by the Democratic Chairman of the House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Committee, John Dingell. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Letter_to_WFM_from_John_Dingell.pdf William Martin was the Administration's top energy adviser on the US-Canadian Free Trade Agreement that opened up energy markets between the US and Canada. He was commended for his work as a member of the negotiating team and core member of the Cabinet group that oversaw the negotiations with Canada. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WFM_Free_Trade_with_Canada_Agreement_Certificate.pdf
In addition, during Martin's tenure he was presented with and approved a DOE proposal by Dr. Alvin Trivelpiece to map the Human Genome. The Human Genome Project
Human Genome Project
The Human Genome Project is an international scientific research project with a primary goal of determining the sequence of chemical base pairs which make up DNA, and of identifying and mapping the approximately 20,000–25,000 genes of the human genome from both a physical and functional...
was the crown jewel of 20th century biology. It is notable that this scientific gem was launched by the math, physics and supercomputing strengths of the Department of Energy.
Martin has continued to work with the DOE on various projects since his tenure as Deputy Secretary. From 2002 to 2004, he served on the Secretary's Advisory Board (SEAB), chairing the industry-government sub-committee. Since 2002, he has been Chairman of the Nuclear Energy Advisory Committee and was a committee member of a SEAB group to review the Department of Science. Recently, he served in an advisory capacity on the DOE’s Strategic Technology Energy Plan aimed to utilize technological gains in energy efficiency to both reduce carbon emissions as well as overall energy consumption. His contribution to the project was to create an energy supply/demand ‘matrix’ approach to detail all sectors of energy use (industrial, commercial, residential etc.) and supplies to meet those demands.
Diplomatic endeavors and honors
World Resources Institute:Martin joined the board of the World Resources Institute
World Resources Institute
The World Resources Institute is an environmental think tank founded in 1982 based in Washington, D.C. in the United States.WRI is an independent, non-partisan and nonprofit organization with a staff of more than 100 scientists, economists, policy experts, business analysts, statistical analysts,...
in 1998 and served as WRI’s Chairman of the Development Committee. He was instrumental in conceptualizing the October 2000 "Digital Dividends" conference between leading environmentalists and technology leaders, including Bill Gates
Bill Gates
William Henry "Bill" Gates III is an American business magnate, investor, philanthropist, and author. Gates is the former CEO and current chairman of Microsoft, the software company he founded with Paul Allen...
, on reducing the digital divide.
Trilateral Commission:
In 1997, he was the lead author of a Trilateral Commission
Trilateral Commission
The Trilateral Commission is a non-governmental, non-partisan discussion group founded by David Rockefeller in July 1973 to foster closer cooperation among the United States, Europe and Japan.-History:...
study, Maintaining Energy Security in a Global Context. His co-authors were Helga Stegg and Japanese Ambassador to the United Nations Disarmament Conference, Ryukichi Imai. The report was translated into French, German and Japanese.
Republican Platform Committee:
In 1992, he served as the Executive Director of the Republican Platform Committee and co-authored the Committee’s volume, The Vision Shared: Uniting Our Family, Our Country, Our World. The responsibilities included managing hearings on topics of the Platform in Kansas City, Salt Lake City and Washington, DC, culminating in the Platform discussions and presentation at the Republican National Convention in Houston.
Nuclear Energy Advisory Committee:
Martin is also chairman of the Department of Energy’s Nuclear Energy Advisory Committee http://www.ne.doe.gov/neNeacOverview.html). Appointed under the Administration of George W. Bush in 2002, Martin oversees a sixteen person committee responsible for advising the Department of Energy on four key areas: nuclear reactor research and development, including Gen-IV reactors; technology issues related to fuel cycle; infrastructure requirements for DOE national laboratories; and international nuclear issues including non-proliferation, safety and security. NEAC released the report, Nuclear Energy: Policies and Technology for the 21st Century,http://www.ne.doe.gov/neac/neacPDFs/NEAC_Final_Report_Web%20Version.pdf to provide a bipartisan approach to nuclear energy and technology road map for advancing safe nuclear energy worldwide.
Council on Foreign Relations:
Martin was elected to the Council on Foreign Relations
Council on Foreign Relations
The Council on Foreign Relations is an American nonprofit nonpartisan membership organization, publisher, and think tank specializing in U.S. foreign policy and international affairs...
in 1983 and served as chairman of the Council's Energy Security Group http://www.cfr.org/project/48/energy_security_group.html from 1997 to 2006. He is a frequent speaker on energy at the Council including recent speeches on the Fukushima disaster and the subsequent effects on energy implications for US-Japan relations as well as presiding over a session with Senator Joseph Lieberman on the future of China's energy situation. On the occasion of the 90th anniversary of the Council on Foreign Relations, Mr. Martin presented a paper entitled Energy: Looking back, Looking Forward 90 Years.
University for Peace:
In 2004, Martin was appointed by the Secretary General of the United Nations Kofi Annan
Kofi Annan
Kofi Atta Annan is a Ghanaian diplomat who served as the seventh Secretary-General of the UN from 1 January 1997 to 31 December 2006...
to the Council of the University for Peace
University for Peace
The University for Peace was established in Costa Rica in 1980 "to provide humanity with an international institution of higher education for peace and with the aim of promoting among all human beings the spirit of understanding, tolerance and peaceful coexistence."At present, the UPEACE Costa...
.http://www.upeace.org/ He was elected President of the Council of the University for Peace at its October 2006 meeting. Headquartered in Costa Rica, the United Nations-mandated University for Peace was established in December 1980 as a Treaty Organization by the UN General Assembly
United Nations General Assembly
For two articles dealing with membership in the General Assembly, see:* General Assembly members* General Assembly observersThe United Nations General Assembly is one of the five principal organs of the United Nations and the only one in which all member nations have equal representation...
. As determined in the Charter of the University, the mission of the University for Peace is: “to provide humanity with an international institution of higher education for peace with the aim of promoting among all human beings the spirit of understanding, tolerance and peaceful coexistence, to stimulate cooperation among peoples and to help lessen obstacles and threats to world peace and progress, in keeping with the noble aspirations proclaimed in the Charter of the United Nations."
North Korea:
Martin was also the chairman of the UN Working Group on the DPRK (North Korea
North Korea
The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea , , is a country in East Asia, occupying the northern half of the Korean Peninsula. Its capital and largest city is Pyongyang. The Korean Demilitarized Zone serves as the buffer zone between North Korea and South Korea...
), providing assistance to the Six Party Talks (involving representatives of the governments of China, Russia, Japan, United States, North and South Korea) on economic and energy prospects for the DPRK on behalf of the United Nations. This group issued the 2005 report, Energy Scenarios for the DPRK. A companion group on economic issues confronting North Korea was chaired by Nobel Prize winner Joseph Stiglitz.
Prague Security Studies Institute:
In 1998, Martin co-founded the Robinson-Martin Security Scholars Program http://www.pssi.cz/security-scholars-program at the Prague Security Studies Institute
Prague Security Studies Institute
The Prague Security Studies Institute is a non-profit, non-governmental organization established in early 2002 to advance the building of a just, secure, democratic, free-market society in the Czech Republic and other post-communist states. Its co-founder Roger W. Robinson, Jr. is a former...
http://www.pssi.cz/ that aims to educate Czech students in national security. In 2004 he co-chaired a conference in Prague on "Energy and Security" with former Czech Deputy Prime Minister Alexandr Vondra
Alexandr Vondra
Alexandr "Saša" Vondra is a Czech politician, who currently serves as the Senator from Litoměřice and the nation's Minister of Defence. He is also a Deputy Chairman of the Civic Democratic Party...
focused on developing diversified energy sources for the Czech Republic. He is currently a member of the Board of PSSI and Chairman of the PSSI Corporate Council http://www.pssi.cz/corporate-council-program. For these efforts, he was commended by President Vaclav Havel for outstanding contributions to the Czech Republic.
Club of Prague
In 2004, he was co-founder of the Club of Praguehttp://www.pssi.cz/en/corporate-council-program/club-of-prague/, an initiative under the auspices of President Václav Havel
Václav Havel
Václav Havel is a Czech playwright, essayist, poet, dissident and politician. He was the tenth and last President of Czechoslovakia and the first President of the Czech Republic . He has written over twenty plays and numerous non-fiction works, translated internationally...
to seek more environmentally sensitive energy policies composed of distinguished scientists, historians, philosophers, writers and energy systems engineers.
US-Japan relations:
Long interested in US-Japan energy relations, Martin was Chairman of the US-Japan energy working group that produced the 1983 Reagan-Nakasone Joint Statement on Japan-United States Energy Cooperation. He was also active in approving and testifying on the US-Japan Nuclear Cooperation agreement of 1987. More recently, Martin has been coordinator of the Santa Fe Energy Seminar that brings senior Japanese and US government and private sector leaders together to discuss the importance of nuclear energy and its impact on the global environment, world economy and non-proliferation.http://www.wpainc.com/no_flash/conferences.html
International Atomic Energy Agency:
In 2008, he was appointed by IAEA Director General Mohamed ElBaradei as Project Coordinator for the IAEA’s 20/20 Project, which provided an assessment of the challenges the Agency will face in a report, Reinforcing the Global Nuclear Order for Peace and Prosperity: The Role of the IAEA to 2020 and Beyond.
Global Energy Prize:
In 2008, William Martin was elected to the International Award Committee of the Global Energy Prize
Global Energy Prize
The Global Energy Prize is an independent award for outstanding scientific research and technological development in energy, which contribute to efficiency and environmentally friendly energy sources for the benefit of humanity....
. This prize, presented by the President of Russia, recognizes outstanding research and innovation in the field of energy. "The Global Energy International Prize is one of the most prestigious international awards granted for outstanding scientific achievements in the field of energy which have proved of benefit to the entire human race."
Award from Government of France:
William Martin was one of two US recipients of an outstanding young leader award in 1991, resulting in a program of study in France of French energy policies with a focus on the nuclear energy sector.
Department of Defense:
In early 2003, Martin was assigned to the office of the Secretary of Defense with responsibilities to recruit senior US civilian advisers for assignments in Iraq. This involved placing American advisers in 26 Iraqi agencies and ministries for the purposes of Iraqi reconstruction, as well as dispatching Czech Chef Justice Vojtech Cepl to Iraq to evaluate property restitution. Based on this experience, Justice Cepl with the assistance of Ambassador Boyden Gray
C. Boyden Gray
Clayland Boyden Gray is a former American diplomat and public servant. He is a member of the board of directors at the Atlantic Council and at The European Institute....
initiated the training of over 140 Iraqi judges in Prague's CEELI Institute http://www.ceeliinstitute.org/history-of-the-ceeli-institute.aspx.
Republican Presidential Campaigns:
William Martin has been part of the campaign of every Republican Presidential candidate since 1988. He served as policy coordinator for 1988 Bush/Quayle
United States presidential election, 1988
The United States presidential election of 1988 featured no incumbent president, as President Ronald Reagan was unable to seek re-election after serving the maximum two terms allowed by the Twenty-second Amendment. Reagan's Vice President, George H. W. Bush, won the Republican nomination, while the...
, Executive Director of the Republican Platform Committee in 1992 and policy adviser on platform matter to campaigns Dole (1996)
United States presidential election, 1996
The United States presidential election of 1996 was a contest between the Democratic national ticket of President Bill Clinton of Arkansas and Vice President Al Gore of Tennessee and the Republican national ticket of former Senator Bob Dole of Kansas for President and former Housing Secretary Jack...
, George W. Bush (2000)
George W. Bush presidential campaign, 2000
This article is about the 2000 presidential campaign of George W. Bush, winner of the 2000 presidential election and re-elected in the 2004 election.See George W. Bush for a detailed biography and information about his presidency, and George W...
, and McCain/Palin (2008)
John McCain presidential campaign, 2008
John McCain, the senior United States Senator from Arizona, launched his second candidacy for the presidency of the United States in an unsuccessful bid to win the 2008 presidential election. His candidacy, in the works for a number of years, was informally announced on February 28, 2007 during a...
. In these campaigns Martin also served as a spokesman/surrogate speaker for the Presidential candidate on matters related to energy and the environment. His efforts were commended by George H.W. Bush in letters for work done on the 1988 and 1992 campaigns. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Letter_to_WFM_from_George_Bush.pdf http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bush2.pdf He was also commended by Robert Dole for his effort on the 1996 Presidential election. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Letter_to_WFM_from_Bob_Dole.pdf
Business activities and family
Martin co-founded an international energy consulting firm, Washington Policy & Analysis with Scott L. Campbell in 1988.http://www.wpainc.com/flash_ok/index.html WPA was later bought by the British company, Lloyds of London Press, which later became part of Informa, UK. "Informa is the leading international provider of specialist information and services for the academic and scientific, professional and commercial business communities." Informa has over 150 offices in more than 34 countries and employs 9,250 staff around the world.William Martin has two sons. Nicholas Carl Martin (born August 10, 1982), a graduate of Swarthmore College
Swarthmore College
Swarthmore College is a private, independent, liberal arts college in the United States with an enrollment of about 1,500 students. The college is located in the borough of Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, 11 miles southwest of Philadelphia....
and the University for Peace
University for Peace
The University for Peace was established in Costa Rica in 1980 "to provide humanity with an international institution of higher education for peace and with the aim of promoting among all human beings the spirit of understanding, tolerance and peaceful coexistence."At present, the UPEACE Costa...
, is Executive Director of the The U.S. Association for the University for Peace
The U.S. Association for the University for Peace
The U.S. Association for the University for Peace is a 501 nonprofit organization established to advance the United Nations mandated University for Peace and the practice of education for peace in the United States.-Programs:...
and President of TechChange. Christopher Flynn Martin (born February 6, 1984), a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania
University of Pennsylvania
The University of Pennsylvania is a private, Ivy League university located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Penn is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States,Penn is the fourth-oldest using the founding dates claimed by each institution...
, is a graduate student and researcher at the Primate Research Institute of Kyoto University
Kyoto University
, or is a national university located in Kyoto, Japan. It is the second oldest Japanese university, and formerly one of Japan's Imperial Universities.- History :...
in Japan. He was married to Jill Wheaton Martin from 1974 to 2008.
William Martin is from a pioneering Oklahoma political and oil family. His great-grandfather, Dennis T. Flynn, was the first US Congressman from the State of Oklahoma and is the first inductee into the Oklahoma hall of fame. His grandfather, Olney Flynn, was mayor of Tulsa and Republican nominee for Governor of Oklahoma in 1948. His grandmother was Grayce Kerr whose first husband was Robert S. Kerr
Robert S. Kerr
Robert Samuel Kerr was an American businessman from Oklahoma. Kerr formed a petroleum company before turning to politics. He served as the 12th Governor of Oklahoma and was elected three times to the United States Senate...
, Oklahoma Senator and founder of the oil company, Kerr-McGee
Kerr-McGee
The Kerr-McGee Corporation, founded in 1929, was an energy company involved in the exploration and production of oil and gas. On June 23, 2006, Houston-based Anadarko Petroleum Corporation agreed to acquire Kerr-McGee in an all-cash transaction totaling $16.5 billion plus the assumption of $2.6...
. Martin's great uncle was John Chisum
John Chisum
John Simpson Chisum was a wealthy cattle baron in the American West in the mid-to-late 19th century. Born in Hardeman County, Tennessee, Chisum's family moved to Texas in 1837, with Chisum finding work as a building contractor...
, the Texas cattleman portrayed by John Wayne in the movie Chisum
Chisum
Chisum is a 1970 Warner Bros. Technicolor western motion picture starring John Wayne, Forrest Tucker, Christopher George, Ben Johnson, Glenn Corbett, Geoffrey Deuel, Andrew Prine, Bruce Cabot, Patric Knowles, and Richard Jaeckel....
. Martin was the 1968 Tulsa, Oklahoma high school tennis champion and was the tennis pro at the Homestead Resort in Glen Arbor, Michigan
Michigan
Michigan is a U.S. state located in the Great Lakes Region of the United States of America. The name Michigan is the French form of the Ojibwa word mishigamaa, meaning "large water" or "large lake"....
. He resides in Havre de Grace
Havre de Grace, Maryland
Havre de Grace is a city in Harford County, Maryland, United States. Located at the mouth of the Susquehanna River and the head of the Chesapeake Bay, Havre de Grace is named after the port city of Le Havre, France, which was first named Le Havre de Grâce, meaning in French "Harbor of Grace." As...
, Maryland
Maryland
Maryland is a U.S. state located in the Mid Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware to its east...
and Prague, Czech Republic
Czech Republic
The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest....
.