Business Activities and Family
Martin co-founded an international energy consulting firm, Washington Policy & Analysis Inc. with Scott L. Campbell in 1988 at the Washington law firm, Miller & Chevalier . 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.
Martin has two sons and was married to Jill Wheaton Martin from 1974 to 2008. Nicholas Carl Martin (born August 10, 1982) is a graduate of Swarthmore College and the University for Peace and is President of TechChange, which was recently spotlighted in The Economist. Christopher Flynn Martin (born February 6, 1984) is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania (BA in Psychology) and Kyoto University (Doctorate of Science in Biology) and is currently a researcher at the Primate Research Institute of Kyoto University. .
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 the 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 tennis pro at the Homestead Resort in Glen Arbor, Michigan.
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