Martin Wohl
Martin Wohl, born in Greensboro, NC, was a transportation economist who grew up in the District of Columbia. During his youth, Martin worked as a senate page and then attended the U.S. Military Academy in West Point, NY right before graduating from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Martin received his master's degree from MIT in 1960 and a doctorate in engineering from the University of California at Berkeley in 1966. Then, he became an assistant professor at MIT for two years before moving to Washington D.C., where he worked in the Department of Commerce during the Kennedy administration. After his federal service terminated, Martin became the director of transportation studies at the Urban Institute. In 1972, he accepted a faculty position at Carnegie Mellon University. Martin retired in 1990, co-authored five technical books, and wrote more than 70 peer reviewed journal articles on transportation. He is most recognized for "The Transportation Problem", the book he co-authored with John R. Meyer and John F. Kain.
Martin Wohl got married three times and divorced from all of his wives. Wohl died in 2009 from throat cancer at his home, in Annandale, VA. He is survived by his son from his first marriage, Charles Wohl, and his two granddaughters.
