William F. Martin
William F. Martin is chairman of Washington Policy and Analysis, Inc.. He is a former Executive Secretary of the National Security Council, Special Assistant to President Ronald Reagan and Deputy Secretary of the US Department of Energy under President Reagan. [1]
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Education
Martin was educated at the University of Pennsylvania Wharton School (BS, 1972) and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (SM, 1974). His master’s thesis formed the basis of an article he wrote for the Harvard Business Review (“Our Society in 1985: Business may not like it, March 1975”).[2]
MIT Energy Laboratory
On graduating from MIT, Martin joined the MIT Energy Laboratory as Program Officer for the Workshop on Alternative Energy Strategies. During his four years at MIT, he co-authored three books, Growth and Its Implications for the Future, (Roundtable Press, 1973), Energy Supply to the Year 2000 (MIT Press, 1977) and Professional Materials for Environmental Management Education (MIT Press, 1975).[3]
International Energy Agency
After MIT, Martin joined the International Energy Agency, where he was responsible for energy statistics for developing countries, and was a member of a United Nations expert group that developed a methodology for reporting UN energy statistics. In 1977, he was promoted to special assistant to the Executive Director of IEA, Ulf Lantzke,a post he held for three years during the time of the second oil shock.[4]
Reagan Administration
According to a biographical note on the Washington Policy & Analysis website:
- Mr. Martin currently serves as Chairman of the Department of Energy Nuclear Energy Research Advisory Board and is a member of the executive committee of the Secretary of Energy's Advisory Board. He is presently the Chairman of the Council on Foreign Relations Energy Security Group and was the l997 author of the Trilateral Commission report, Maintaining Energy Security in a Global Context. In l987, he and his WPA partner Scott Campbell, authored a US government study entitled, 'Energy Security:Report to the President of the United States'. His early career included positions in the International Energy Agency, Department of State and MIT Energy Laboratory. He received a BS from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and an MS from MIT, where his thesis was the basis of an article he authored for the Harvard Business Review.
- Mr. Martin currently serves on the Board of Director of the Prague Security Studies Institute and is a member of the Council of the United Nations University of Peace in Costa Rica. He recently chaired a working group for the United Nations which reviewed energy for the Korean Peninsula. He is a former member of the Board and Chairman of the Development Committee of the World Resources Institute. In l992, he was Executive Director of the Republican Platform Committee and served as senior advisor for platform for the Bush-Cheney 2000 campaign.[5]
