Earl F. "Marty" Martin III | |
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13th President of Drake University | |
Assumed office July 1, 2015 | |
Preceded by | David Maxwell |
Personal details | |
Born | Lexington,Kentucky,U.S. | December 16,1961
Spouse | Laura Martin |
Children | Franklin Cade Martin Case Martin |
Education | University of Kentucky (BA,JD) Yale University (LLM) |
Occupation | President,Drake University |
Website | Drake University Office of the President |
Academic work | |
Institutions | Gonzaga University School of Law,Drake University |
Earl F. "Marty" Martin III (born December 16,1961) is the president of Drake University. The thirteenth president of Drake,he has served in that capacity since 2015;previously he served as executive vice president of Gonzaga University. [1]
Martin has a Juris Doctor degree from University of Kentucky College of Law and an advanced law degree from Yale Law School. [2] Following graduation from law school Martin worked for the United States Air Force's Judge Advocate General corps. [3]
After his military service,Martin joined Texas Wesleyan University School of Law as a professor and later associate dean in 1997. [4] Following eight years at Texas Wesleyan,he moved to Gonzaga,where he served as dean of the Gonzaga University School of Law before later ascending to executive vice president in 2010. [5] He became President of Drake University in July 2015. [6]