MA in Mathematics from Hunter College, June 1964 Barbara McMartin (November 18, 1931 – September 27, 2005) was an American mathematician who became an environmentalist and author of 25 books on the Adirondack Mountains.
She earned a master's degree from Hunter College, and in 1972 she received a PhD in mathematics from the Graduate Division of City University of New York.
Her dissertation was One Relator Metabelian Groups under advisors Gilbert Baumslag, Wilhelm Magnus, and Joan Landman Dyer.
[3] In 1972, McMartin turned from mathematics and became involved in the environmental movement in the Adirondacks of New York State, where her primary focus was the nature, culture, and management in the Park.
She wrote and maintained the popular eleven book Discover series, which covers all regions of the Adirondack Park for outdoors people.
McMartin died on September 27, 2005, in Canada Lake, New York and was survived by her husband, children, and grandchildren.