William Innis Martin ’64

William Innis Martin ’64 of Grantham, New Hampshire, died of heart failure on July 20. He came to Dartmouth from Oak Park, Illinois, and joined Zeta Psi, to which he remained connected. He majored in history and married Kathleen Canavan in Hanover on the weekend between their college graduations. Bill was a corporate nomad with Cargill for the first eight years of their marriage. He then joined Bunge Corp. in N.Y.C., becoming a vice president in 1976. They raised their two children in Westfield, New Jersey, until retiring in 1991 to Grantham, where daughter Laura ’90 lives. Son William ’87 is a professor at Tuck and granddaughter Caitlin ’15, Tu’22, extended the Dartmouth connection to a third generation. Sandy McGinnes ’64 recalls, “I met Bill on freshman hike, and we became fraternity brothers at Zeta Psi. We spent 12 weeks together traveling throughout Europe the summer of 1962. We went into East Berlin with trepidation, spent one night in a cave on Capri, and taught girls in West Berlin how to do the Twist. Bill completed three marathons in his younger years and later became a hard-matter sculptor. He was a real character, and we will miss him.” Bill leaves Kathleen, his wife of 59 years; William and wife Alison; Laura and husband Kurt; five grandchildren; sister Eleanor; and cousin Frank.