Edwin M. Martin
| Edwin M. Martin | |
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| Assistant Secretary of State for Economic Affairs | |
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In office 1960–1962 |
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| President | Dwight D. Eisenhower |
| Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs | |
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In office May 18, 1962 – January 2, 1964 |
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| President | John F. Kennedy |
| Preceded by | Robert F. Woodward |
| Succeeded by | Thomas C. Mann |
| United States Ambassador to Argentina | |
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In office January 29, 1964 – January 5, 1968 |
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| President | Lyndon B. Johnson |
| Preceded by | Robert M. McClintock |
| Succeeded by | Carter L. Burgess |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
May 21, 1908 Dayton, Ohio |
| Died | January 12, 2002 (aged 93) Washington, D.C. |
| Nationality | American |
| Spouse(s) | Margaret Milburn |
| Profession | Statistian, Diplomat |
Edwin McCammon Martin (May 21, 1908 – January 12, 2002) worked for the government of the United States from 1935 to 1975, first as an economist, then on the mobilization of the US economy for World War II and then as a diplomat in the US and abroad.
Edwin M. Martin was born in Dayton, Ohio, on May 21, 1908. He was educated at Northwestern University, receiving a B.A. in 1929. He stayed at Northwestern until 1935 as a graduate student in the political science department, but did not receive another degree.
Martin became an economist at the Central Statistical Board within the Commerce Department in 1935. A year later, he married Margaret Milburn of Baltimore, Maryland. The Martins had a daughter and a son. From 1938 to 1940, Martin served with the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
During World War II, Martin served with the War Production Board from 1940 to 1944. He became Chief of the Urgency Ratings Division in 1943. In 1944, he joined the Office of Strategic Services as Deputy Chief of Division.
In 1945, he participated in economic planning for Japan, in light of the anticipated Occupation of Japan, working in the Office of the Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs and as State Department Adviser on Japanese Economic Affairs from August until October. In October 1945, he became Chief of the State Department's Division of Japanese and Korean Economic Affairs. In 1947, Martin was appointed Acting Chief of the Division of Occupied Areas Economic Affairs.
Martin remained at the State Department, becoming Deputy Director of the Office of International Trade Policy in 1948; Director of the Office of European Regional Affairs in 1949; and Special Assistant for Mutual Security Affairs to United States Secretary of State Dean Acheson, in 1952.
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