Martyn Herrick Randall ’46

Martyn Herrick Randall ’46 died on October 12, 2006, in Scarborough, Maine.

Born on September 13, 1923, in Portland, he prepared for college at Deering High School there and at Governor Dummer Academy in South Byfield, MA. He became a member of Theta Delta Chi Fraternity at Bowdoin, which he entered in June of 1942 as a member of the Class of 1946. During World War II, he served in the U.S.Army in the European theater from 1943 to 1946 and then returned to the College, from which he graduated in 1948. In 1950, he received a master of business administration degree from the University of Michigan and for five years was a securities analyst with the Union Mutual Life Insurance Company in Portland. In 1956, he became the manager of the Development Credit Corporation of Maine. He later joined Randall and McAllister, Inc., of which he was for many years vice president. He was also for many years a director of the Maine State Chamber of Commerce, which he served as a vice president and president. He was also treasurer and a director of the Development Credit Corporation of Maine. He was a member of the Coast Guard Auxiliary and for more than 25 years taught a safe boating course for the U.S. Power Squadron, for which he was given a lifetime membership. He was a member of the Maine Audubon Society. Surviving are a daughter, Ann M. Hancock of East Lansing, MI; two sons, Elliott P. Randall of South Portland and M. Herrick Randall, Jr. of Gray; and four grandchildren.