Alastair Martin
Alastair Bradley Martin (March 11, 1915 – January 12, 2010) was a U.S. National Championships title winner, Tennis Hall of Fame inductee, and president of the United States Lawn Tennis Association.[1] The New York Times attributes Martin with helping to "forge the modern era of the Grand Slam-style game."[2]
Martin graduated from Princeton in 1938. Martin was also an art collector and the holder of the Guennol Collection.[3]
References
- ↑ http://www.tennisfame.com/hall-of-famers/alastair-martin
- ↑ Richard Goldstein, Alastair Martin, 94, Court Tennis Star and Modern Tennis Executive, Dies, New York Times, January 20, 2010, available here.
- ↑ Metropolitan Museum shows Guennol Collection of Alastair B. Martin in Centennial series of exhibitions. Digital Collections, The Metropolitan Museum of Art Archives. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
External links
- International Tennis Hall of Fame
- The Guennol collection of Mr. and Mrs. Alastair B. Martin, a fully digitized exhibition catalog from The Metropolitan Museum of Art Libraries
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