Thomas Lyle Martin, Jr.

Thomas Lyle Martin, Jr. (September 26, 1921 – October 8, 2009) served as president of the Illinois Institute of Technology from 1974 to 1987.

Martin was born in Memphis, Tennessee. During the Second World War, he served in the US Army, rising to the rank of Captain.

He received his PhD degree in electrical engineering from Stanford University. Prior to joining the IIT administration, he served as Dean of Engineering at the University of Arizona, the University of Florida and Southern Methodist University. He was a fellow of IEEE and a member of the U.S. National Academy of Engineering.^[1]

Martin died in Irving, Texas in 2009.^[2]

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Academic offices
Preceded by Maynard P. Venema	President of the Illinois Institute of Technology 1974–1987	Succeeded by Meyer Feldberg

Illinois Institute of Technology

Academic Programs and Institutes	Center for Sustainable Enterprise Center for the Study of Ethics in the Professions Chicago-Kent College of Law (Oyez Project) Gas Technology Institute IIT Institute of Design IIT Physics Department IIT Research Institute IIT Stuart School of Business Institute for Food Safety and Health Institute on Biotechnology and the Human Future VanderCook College of Music

Buildings	Academic Campus S. R. Crown Hall McCormick Tribune Campus Center Rice Campus State Street Village

People	Alumni Faculty

Presidents	Frank W. Gunsaulus (1892–1921) Howard M. Raymond (1922–1932) Willard E. Hotchkiss (1933–1937) George N. Carman (1896–1936) Dugald C. Jackson, Jr. (1936–1938) Fred A. Rogers (1938–1940) Clarence L. Clarke (1938–1940) Henry Townley Heald (1937–1952) John T. Rettaliata (1952–1973) Maynard P. Venema (1973–1974) Thomas Lyle Martin, Jr. (1974–1987) Meyer Feldberg (1987–1989) Henry R. Linden (1989–1990) Lewis Collens (1990–2007) John L. Anderson (2007–present)

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