John Charles Martin

John Charles Martin was newspaper publisher who, beginning in 1913, ran the newspapers purchased by his step father-in-law Cyrus Curtis, including the "Public Ledger", the "New York Evening Post", the "Philadelphia Inquirer" and four others.Anonymous. "After Curtis". Time, Monday, Jul. 17, 1933. [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,753814-1,00.html] ] cite news | last = Anonymous| title = Again, Curtis-Martin | work = Time| date = 17 March 1930 | url = http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,738833-1,00.html| accessdate = 2008-04-12] In 1931, an insurance industry magazine published a listing of Americans carrying the greatest amount of life insurance; Martin was second on the list with $6,540,000 in insurance, after Pierre Samuel du Pont with $7 million. [Anonymous. "Names make news". Time, Monday, Sep. 21, 1931. [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,742276,00.html] ] Martin's former estate in Wyncote, Pennsylvania now houses the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College.

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