Alastair Bradley Martin ’38

Alastair Martin died Jan. 12, 2010, at his home in Katonah, N.Y.

Alastair prepared for Princeton at Deane School in Santa Barbara, Calif. At Princeton he majored in philosophy and played on the tennis team.

Alastair and his wife, Edith Park, resided in Glen Head, N.Y., where he became a star court tennis player. He was an eight-time singles champion and 13-time doubles champion in court tennis, winning that sport’s U.S. Open singles title in 1951 and its open doubles championship three times.

Alastair was a leader in U.S. tennis, serving as president of the United States Lawn Tennis Association and later advocating combining the amateur tennis association with the professional. He was instrumental in formation of the present-day USTA with its open play. He was president, chairman, and an inductee of the International Tennis Hall of Fame at Newport, R.I.

Alastair and Edith were prominent art collectors. He was chairman of the Brooklyn Museum and an acquisition committee member of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. He also was the founder and chairman of the Regional Broadcasters Group.

Edith predeceased Alastair. He is survived by a daughter, Dorothy Moore; a son, Robin; six grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren; to all of whom the class extends sincere sympathy.