Martin R. Hoffmann ’54

Martin Hoffmann died July 14, 2014.

Born in Stockbridge, Mass., he graduated from Middlesex School. At Princeton, he was an English major and a member of Cap and Gown and Triangle Club.

After graduation, he served in the Army until 1958. He remained in the Reserve and rose to the rank of major and was honorably discharged in 1975. He graduated from the University of Virginia Law School in 1961 and worked in three branches of the federal government until 1969, when he moved to Texas to work for University Computing Co.

Marty returned to government work in 1972, serving as special assistant to the secretary and deputy secretary of defense and as secretary of the Army until 1977. He then worked in private law practice in Washington, D.C., until 1989, and was a senior visiting fellow at MIT until 1995.

Marty spent the last seven years of his life working tirelessly for the advancement of hyperbaric oxygen in the treatment of soldiers suffering from traumatic brain injury and post-traumatic stress disorder.

The class extends condolences to his wife, Margaret; daughter Heidi ’84; sons Bill and Bern; and three grandchildren. Contributions may be made to the International Hyperbaric Medical Foundation, 8210 Cinder Bed Road, Suite C-3, Lorton, VA 22079-1135.