Charles U. "Chip" Martel (born 1953) is an American computer scientist and

bridge A bridge is a structure built to span a physical obstacle (such as a body of water, valley, road, or rail) without blocking the way underneath. It is constructed for the purpose of providing passage over the obstacle, which is usually somethi ...

player. Martel was Inducted into the ACBL Hall of Fame in 2014. He is married to Jan Martel, also in the ACBL Hall of Fame.

Academic life

Martel received a B.S. degree from

Massachusetts Institute of Technology The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a Private university, private Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Established in 1861, MIT has played a key role in the development of modern t ...

in 1975, and a Ph.D. from

UC Berkeley The University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley, Berkeley, Cal, or California) is a public university, public land-grant university, land-grant research university in Berkeley, California. Established in 1868 as the University of Californi ...

in 1980. He helped establish the computer science department at

UC Davis The University of California, Davis (UC Davis, UCD, or Davis) is a Public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university near Davis, California. Named a Public Ivy, it is the northernmost of the ten campuses of the Uni ...

, received tenure there in 1985–86, and retired in 2013. At UC Davis he is Charles U. Martel, Professor Emeritus. His academic interests involved designing and analyzing algorithms.

Bridge accomplishments

Awards and honors

Herman Trophy The Goren Trophy (formerly the Herman Trophy) is awarded to the player who wins the greatest number of masterpoints at the fall American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) North American Bridge Championship (NABC). History The Herman Trophy was do ...

(1) 1981 * Mott-Smith Trophy (1) 1994 * Fishbein Trophy (1) 2000 * ACBL Hall of Fame, 2014"Induction by Year"
. ''Hall of Fame''. ACBL. Retrieved 2014-11-10.

Wins

Bermuda Bowl The Bermuda Bowl is a biennial contract bridge world championship for national . It is contested every odd-numbered year under the auspices of the World Bridge Federation (WBF), alongside the Venice Cup (women), the d'Orsi Senior Bowl and the W ...

(4) 1985, 1987, 2001, 2017 * World Open Pairs Championship (1) 1982 * Rosenblum Cup (1) 1994 * World Senior Teams (1) 2016 *

North American Bridge Championships North American Bridge Championships (NABC) are three annual bridge tournaments sponsored by the American Contract Bridge League (ACBL). The "Spring", "Summer", and "Fall" NABCs are usually scheduled in March, July, and November for about eleven da ...

(34) **

von Zedtwitz Life Master Pairs The Von Zedtwitz Life Master Pairs national bridge championship is held at the summer American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) North American Bridge Championship (NABC). Usually called simply the "Life Master Pairs" or "LM Pairs", this is a six-ses ...

(1) 2007 ** Nail Life Master Open Pairs (1) 2012 **

North American Pairs The North American Pairs (NAP) is a set of annual North American championships for contested over two days at the spring American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) North American Bridge Championships (NABC). The events are restricted to pairs that have ...

(1) 1988 ** Grand National Teams (9) 1982, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1993, 1996, 2003, 2009, 2017 ** Jacoby Open Swiss Teams (1) 1994 ** Roth Open Swiss Teams (1) 2010 ** Vanderbilt (7) 1984, 1987, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2011, 2018 ** Mitchell Board-a-Match Teams (5) 1995, 2001, 2005, 2007, 2018 ** Chicago Mixed Board-a-Match (1) 2001 **

Reisinger The Reisinger national bridge championship is held at the fall American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) North American Bridge Championship (NABC). The Reisinger is a board-a-match event. History The event is contested for the Reisinger Trophy ( ...

(4) 1981, 1985, 1986, 1996 **

Spingold The Spingold national bridge championship is held at the summer American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) North American Bridge Championship (NABC). The Spingold is a knock-out team event that attracts the top contract bridge players in the world. T ...

(3) 1990, 2000, 2016

Runners-up

(1) 1989 * Rosenblum Cup (1) 1982 *

** Blue Ribbon Pairs (1) 1981 **

(1) 1981 ** Grand National Teams (5) 2000, 2001, 2006, 2014, 2016 ** Jacoby Open Swiss Teams (2) 2000, 2014 ** Roth Open Swiss Teams (1) 2013 ** Vanderbilt (3) 1992, 2006, 2010 ** Mitchell Board-a-Match Teams (1) 2008 ** Chicago Mixed Board-a-Match (1) 2004 **

(3) 1983, 2006, 2007 **

(4) 1992, 1993, 1995, 2003

References

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