William McChesney Martin
William McChesney Martin, Jr. (December 17, 1906 – July 28, 1998) was the ninth and longest-serving Chairman of the United States Federal Reserve Bank, serving from April 2, 1951, to January 31, 1970, under five presidents. Martin, who once considered becoming a Presbyterian minister, was once described by a Washington journalist as "the happy Puritan".
Read more about William McChesney Martin: Early Life, Head of The Export-Import Bank, Chairman of The Federal Reserve
Famous quotes containing the word martin:
“Old Mother Hubbard
Went to the cupboard
To get her poor dog a bone:
But when she got there
The cupboard was bare,
And so the poor dog had none.”
—Sarah Catherine Martin (1768–1826)