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After four years at the IEA, Martin joined the Department of State as Special Assistant to the Under Secretary of State. He was transferred to the [[National Security Council]] in 1981 as Director of International Economic Affairs. From l983 to l985, he was appointed Special Assistant to President [[Ronald Reagan]], responsible for the coordination of the President’s international and head of state meetings. Martin also served as the Executive Secretary of the National Security Council before being confirmed by the United States Senate as United States Deputy Secretary of Energy.<ref>[http://www.wpainc.com/no_flash/profile.html Profile], Washington Policy & Analysis, accessed 12 July 2010.</ref> 
  
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==Later career==
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In 1992, Martin served as the Executive Director of the [[Republican Platform Committee]] and co-authored the Committee’s volume, The Shared Vision, Uniting our family, our country, our world (Republican National Committee, 1992).<ref>[http://www.wpainc.com/no_flash/profile.html Profile], Washington Policy & Analysis, accessed 12 July 2010.</ref>
  
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In 1997, Martin was a co-author of a [[Trilateral Commission]] study, Maintaining Energy Security in a Global Context.<ref>[http://www.wpainc.com/no_flash/profile.html Profile], Washington Policy & Analysis, accessed 12 July 2010.</ref>
  
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: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.
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In 1998, he joined the board of the [[World Resources Institute]] and served as WRI’s Chairman of the Development Committee.<ref>[http://www.wpainc.com/no_flash/profile.html Profile], Washington Policy & Analysis, accessed 12 July 2010.</ref>
  
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: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.<ref>[http://www.wpainc.com/no_flash/profile.html Profile], accessed 4 October 2007.</ref>
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In 1998, Martin co-founded the Robinson-Martin Security Scholars Program at the [[Prague Security Studies Program]].<ref>[http://www.wpainc.com/no_flash/profile.html Profile], Washington Policy & Analysis, accessed 12 July 2010.</ref>
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Martin was appointed to the Council of the University for Peace by the Secretary General of the United Nations in 2004. He was elected Chairman of the Council of the University for Peace in October 2006.<ref>[http://www.wpainc.com/no_flash/profile.html Profile], Washington Policy & Analysis, accessed 12 July 2010.</ref>
  
 
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Revision as of 14:30, 12 July 2010

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]

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

After four years at the IEA, Martin joined the Department of State as Special Assistant to the Under Secretary of State. He was transferred to the National Security Council in 1981 as Director of International Economic Affairs. From l983 to l985, he was appointed Special Assistant to President Ronald Reagan, responsible for the coordination of the President’s international and head of state meetings. Martin also served as the Executive Secretary of the National Security Council before being confirmed by the United States Senate as United States Deputy Secretary of Energy.[5]

Later career

In 1992, Martin served as the Executive Director of the Republican Platform Committee and co-authored the Committee’s volume, The Shared Vision, Uniting our family, our country, our world (Republican National Committee, 1992).[6]

In 1997, Martin was a co-author of a Trilateral Commission study, Maintaining Energy Security in a Global Context.[7]

In 1998, he joined the board of the World Resources Institute and served as WRI’s Chairman of the Development Committee.[8]

In 1998, Martin co-founded the Robinson-Martin Security Scholars Program at the Prague Security Studies Program.[9]

Martin was appointed to the Council of the University for Peace by the Secretary General of the United Nations in 2004. He was elected Chairman of the Council of the University for Peace in October 2006.[10]

Notes

  1. ↑ Profile, Washington Policy & Analysis, accessed 12 July 2010.
  2. ↑ Profile, Washington Policy & Analysis, accessed 12 July 2010.
  3. ↑ Profile, Washington Policy & Analysis, accessed 12 July 2010.
  4. ↑ Profile, Washington Policy & Analysis, accessed 12 July 2010.
  5. ↑ Profile, Washington Policy & Analysis, accessed 12 July 2010.
  6. ↑ Profile, Washington Policy & Analysis, accessed 12 July 2010.
  7. ↑ Profile, Washington Policy & Analysis, accessed 12 July 2010.
  8. ↑ Profile, Washington Policy & Analysis, accessed 12 July 2010.
  9. ↑ Profile, Washington Policy & Analysis, accessed 12 July 2010.
  10. ↑ Profile, Washington Policy & Analysis, accessed 12 July 2010.
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