Terence "Terry" Martin, Sr.

Terence (Terry) Martin died on May 26 at the age of 91. Born in Cleveland Ohio, Terry attended John Carroll University (BA, 1949) and Ohio State University (M.A., 1950 and Ph.D. 1954), before joining the English department at Indiana University, Bloomington in 1954, where he worked until his retirement in 1997. He was, by all accounts and from the testimony of many, a highly productive and award-winning scholar, a creative and dedicated teacher, and a committed colleague who gave generously of his energies in service of colleagues, the university, and professional organizations. His scholarship on American Literature focuses primarily on 19th Century American authors, such as James Fenimore Cooper, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Willa Cather. A considerable number of his essays were published in academic journals; and these published works, as well as unpublished papers and letters are now held at the Indiana University Office of University Archives and Records Management. His research also includes a number of book length studies, including the early The Instructed Vision (Indiana University Press, 1961), a study of Scottish common sense philosophies and their relevance to early American fiction; Nathaniel Hawthorne (Twayne Publishers, 1965), a critical introduction to the fictional works of Hawthorne; and his latest book, Parables of Possibility: The American Need for Beginnings (Columbia University Press, 1995), an extensive inquiry into the uses and value of negative rhetoric in the literary framing of American national beginnings. In recognition of his scholarly achievement, Professor Martin was named a Guggenheim Fellow, a Fellow of the American Council of Learned Societies, and a Fellow of the Indiana University Institute for Advanced Study. As a teacher, he was dedicated to courses for both undergraduates and graduate students, having taught every undergraduate course in American Literature at Indiana, and also having directed nearly fifty Ph.D. dissertations. He was well-known for his lively and stimulating lectures, whether addressing large introductory courses or smaller groups of students already committed to the study of American literature. In 1984, Indiana University bestowed one of its highest honors on Dr. Martin, naming him a Distinguished Professor. In the course of his academic career, Professor Martin served as a visiting professor at a diverse set of institutions in addition to Indiana, including the University of California, the University of Hawaii, the University of Dijon in France, Hyderabad University in India, and the Universities of Mainz, Frankfurt, and the Free University of Berlin in Germany. As a colleague, Terry will be remembered as an engaging intellectual and a lively conversationalist with a great sense of humor. On a university level, he gave his time and energy to work on many committees, including those charged with matters of promotion, tenure, and recruitment. For two years in the 1960s, he served as Associate Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. For the good of the wider scholarly community, he served as a consultant for several organizations, including the Fulbright Committee from 1978-1981, the Guggenheim Foundation and the National Humanities Center in the 1980s, and as a member of the editorial boards for both American Literature and Nineteenth-Century Literature. Though he suffered his fair share of medical problems in later years, it is safe to say that he passed away simply from old age and a life well-lived. Terry is survived by his wife, Barbara B. Martin; his daughter, Kathleen Klugman; his son, Terence J. Martin, and a granddaughter, Maura Klugman Humann. Memorial services and Funeral Mass will be held 11am Monday, July 18. 2016 at St. Paul Catholic Center. Visitation will be from 10am until time of service at the church. A Bethany lunch will be at 12pm at after the Funeral mass. Donations may be made in his name to IU Hospice of Bloomington, P.O. Box 1149, Bloomington IN 47402, or St. Paul Catholic Center, 1413 E. 17th St., Bloomington, IN 47408.

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Terence "Terry" Martin, Sr.

March 9, 1925 - May 26, 2016