Collection:LPB

Genre: Awards

Place Covered: Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana

Copyright Holder: Louisiana Educational Television Authority

Date Issued: 2005-06-26

Duration: 00:08:14

Subjects: Business | Philanthropists

Contributors:

• Nickel, Jim Host
• Baxter, Carole Martin Interviewee
• Weems, Charles, III Interviewee
• Martin, Roy O., III Interviewee
• Harris, Brooks Interviewee
• Martin, Roy O., III Speaker

This segment from the 2005 Louisiana Legends Gala features a profile of Roy O. Martin, Jr. and a speech by his son Roy O. Martin III accepting his recognition as a Louisiana Legend. Martin, a philanthropist, served as the president of Roy O. Martin, his family-owned lumber company in Alexandria. His profile includes interviews with: Carole Martin Baxter, secretary of Roy O. Martin; Charles Weems, general counsel, Roy O. Martin; Roy O. Martin, III, his son and president of Roy O. Martin; and Brooks Harris, advisory board chairman for the Salvation Army in Alexandria. Host: Jim Nickel