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board of trustees, which in 1947 spearheaded the opening of LCC, which was known until 1993 as Laredo Junior
College. The Martin Building houses the LCC information technology department, which includes the offices of institutional effectiveness and institutional research and planning.
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A Laredo native, Martin was the paternal grandson of
Raymond Martin, a wealthy Laredo landowner. His parents were J. C. Martin, Sr. (1886–1957) and the former Minnie Bruni (1889–1973). The Martin Building, on the campus of
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Martin graduated from the former Laredo High School, which was then located at the downtown site occupied by La Posada Hotel. The institution was moved northward on San
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Historic home of J. C. Martin, Sr., and his wife, built on
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1973 until his retirement in 2013. Marialice Martin Cohen (born 1944), later known as
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258:Jose Martin
254:Pepe Martin
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213:Occupation
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161:Relations
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