A. Frank Martin
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A. Frank Martin, 1920
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December 7, 1894 Akins, Oklahoma |
| Died | June 9, 1982 (aged 87) Stillwater, Oklahoma |
| Resting place | Fairlawn Cemetery, Stillwater |
| Occupation | Educational administration |
| Known for | Founding Father and first Grand President of Kappa Kappa Psi fraternity |
| Spouse(s) | Grace Faye Aikins (m. 1919) |
| Children | Mildred Martin Frances Martin Lumly Major A. Frank Martin Jr. |
| Awards | Distinguished Service to Music Medal Honorary Life Grand President of Kappa Kappa Psi Life Member, Kappa Kappa Psi Board of Trustees |
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Andrew Franklin Martin (December 7, 1894 – June 9, 1982), born in Akins, Oklahoma, was a saxophonist, a bandmaster and an educational administrator and one of ten founding members of Kappa Kappa Psi, National Honorary Band Fraternity.
He was an education student at Oklahoma A&M College in the class of 1920. In 1916, Martin joined the Chi Alpha social club which was formed explicitly to petition for a charter of Lambda Chi Alpha. The Alpha-Eta Zeta of Lambda Chi Alpha was established on the campus of Oklahoma A&M on September 15, 1917.
Beyond Kappa Kappa Psi, Martin was the Managing Editor of the 1920 Redskin yearbook, a Lambda Chi Alpha delegate to the local Interfraternity Council, a member of the student senate, the vice president of the education society, a member of the YMCA cabinet, and social editor of the school newspaper Orange and Black.
Martin was the president of the Oklahoma A&M band in 1919 when William A. Scroggs, a member of the band, approached him with plans for an honorary band fraternity. Martin agreed to help with the fraternity's creation and was selected, along with Scroggs and eight other members of the band, to serve as a founding member of the fraternity by band director Bohumil Makovsky. At the first meeting of the fraternity, Martin was elected Vice President of the chapter and was later elected Grand President when the men began planning the national organization.
Martin served as chairman of the ritual committee of the new fraternity and did much work for the third degree of ritual. Martin also served on the degree oaths committee.
In 1939, Martin became the National Executive Secretary of the fraternity, a position he held until 1964. He and his wife Grace received the Distinguished Service to Music Medal in 1965 for their service to the fraternity. In the same year, Martin was made a life member of the board of trustees.
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