Oral history interview with Tom Martin, 2017 [full video recording]
Date
2017-11-21
Creator
Martin, Tom
Contributors
Hedrick, Brittany
Subject headings
University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Place
Greensboro (N.C.)
Description
C. Thomas Martin was born in Burlington, NC in 1946. His family soon moved to Greensboro, close to the campus of UNCG, where Mr. Martin attended Curry School from grades 4-12. Martin attended junior college at Gardner-Webb before enrolling at UNCG where he was a star on the first men's basketball team. Martin was one of the team's tri-captains, averaged 15 points per game, and still holds the record for rebounds in a single game. Martin graduated from UNCG in 1970 with a degree in Political Science. After UNCG, Martin worked for 33 years in the Planning Department of the City of Greensboro, rising through the ranks to become Director of Planning. He retired in 2003. Martin has remained busy serving at UNCG. He has volunteered and served in many capacities for UNCG including, but not limited to: Chairman of the Spartan Club (1992-1996), Tournament Director of 1997 and 1998 NCAA's Women's Soccer Championships (held at UNCG), Excellence Foundation member, UNCG Hall of Fame Committee Chairman, and University Planning Council member. In 2002, Martin made history again when he was elected president of the UNCG Alumni Association, the first male to hold that post. That same year, Martin was inducted into the UNCG Athletics Hall of Fame. Martin and his wife, Mary(Class of 1971), continued to show support for current UNCG athletes by establishing the C. Thomas Martin Athletic Scholarship, an endowment fund that is awarded to women in the basketball program who have demonstrated a high level of competition and academic performance. Martin has also been recognized as one of UNCG Athletic's biggest fans with the Super Spartan Award and more recently, was a recipient of the Alumni Association's UNCG/WC Legacy Award (2014) for alumni who have made significant contributions that exemplify value, character, and high integrity. In this interview, Martin discusses his early life, attending Curry School, his experience at UNCG as a male student and basketball player, his service to the university after graduation, athletics at UNCG, and his thoughts on what UNCG means to him and it's future.
Type
Sound
Original format
Interviews
Original publisher
Greensboro, N.C. : The University of North Carolina at Greensboro. University Libraries
Contributing institution
Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives, UNCG University Libraries
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Object ID
OH002.153
Digital publisher
The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, University Libraries, PO Box 26170, Greensboro NC 27402-6170, 336.334.5305
