Roger Martin (born 1943), also known as Rusty, served as the 14th president of
Randolph-Macon College, an independent liberal arts college located in
Ashland, Virginia, from July 1997 until January 2006.Today, he is president of Academic Collaborations In
a higher education consulting firm. He also serves as executive director of the British Schools and Universities Foundatio
in New York City.
Education
Martin attended
Denison University in Granville, Ohio before graduating from
Drew University in Madison, New Jersey. He then received a B.D. from
Yale Divinity School and the D.Phil. from
Oxford University where he was a member of
Lincoln College .
Achievements and Honors
Martin has spent his entire adult life in higher education, serving institutions like
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute () (RPI) is a private research university in Troy, New York, with an additional campus in Hartford, Connecticut. A third campus in Groton, Connecticut closed in 2018. RPI was established in 1824 by Stephen Van ...
and
New York University before going on to
Middlebury College
Middlebury College is a private liberal arts college in Middlebury, Vermont. Founded in 1800 by Congregationalists, Middlebury was the first operating college or university in Vermont. The college currently enrolls 2,858 undergraduates from all ...
where he was assistant professor of history and assistant to the President from 1976 to 1980. From 1980 to 1986, he was Associate Dean of the Divinity School at
Harvard University and Lecturer on British Church History. Then, for the next twenty years, he served as president and professor of history at two liberal arts colleges,
Moravian College in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania from 1986 to 1997 and
Randolph-Macon College in Ashland, Virginia from 1997 to 2006.
Martin is author of ''Racing Odysseus: A College President Becomes a Freshman Again'' (University of California Press: 200
which tells the story of his six-month sabbatical at
St. John's College (Annapolis/Santa Fe), St. John's College , the Great Books School, in Annapolis, Maryland, in 2004 where he enrolled as a 61-year-old freshman. At St. John's he read
Homer,
Plato,
Aeschylus, and
Herodotus, and went out for crew, racing at the Head of the Occoquan with eight teenagers.
He is also the author of ''Off to College: A Guide for Parents'' (University of Chicago Press: 201
which provides the parents of first-year college students with a comprehensive view of what their children will experience after leaving high school and home for college, and ''Brave Noises: Journal of a First-year College President '' (Amazon.com: 2015) which tells of the author's first year as a college president including how he got the job.
Dr. Martin is the recipient of honorary doctorates from
Lehigh University , Moravian College, Drew University, Randolph-Macon College, and
Morningside College.
External links
UC Press WebsiteRoger Martin’s BlogAcademic Collaboration, Inc. WebsiteBritish Schools and Universities Foundation Website
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Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute faculty
New York University faculty
Middlebury College faculty
1943 births
Living people
Denison University alumni
Drew University alumni
Yale University alumni
St. John's College (Annapolis/Santa Fe) alumni
Alumni of Lincoln College, Oxford
Harvard Divinity School faculty
Randolph–Macon College faculty
School board members in New York (state)