[4] During this time, he worked in private industry, and was also a visiting scholar at Columbia University.
In 1984 Martin was elected chairman of the International Atomic Weights Commission where he served until 1987.
The position was originally intended to go to a British academic, Lord John Vaizey.
[citation needed] As a result, the position went to Martin, after founding Dean of Arts Bill Scott filled the vacancy for a year.
In a sense, his vice-chancellorship was much quieter than the pioneering of Louis Matheson or the massive expansion of Mal Logan.