10 Facts About Martin Lancaster

Martin Lancaster was United States Representative from North Carolina from 1987 to 1995.

In 1961, Martin Lancaster went to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and entered the law school at UNC after his junior year in college as a Law Alumni Scholar, graduating in 1967.

Martin Lancaster represented the House for six years at the Chemical Weapons Convention negotiations in Geneva.

Martin Lancaster worked briefly for Governor Jim Hunt handling federal issues.

In 1997, Martin Lancaster was chosen President of the North Carolina Community College System.

Martin Lancaster sought to increase state and private funding for facilities, equipment, faculty salaries and instruction and to strengthen the system's essential role in workforce and economic development.

Martin Lancaster led community college participation in the successful Higher Education Bond referendum of 2000, which included $600 million for community college construction, repair and renovation.

In March 2007, Martin Lancaster announced that he would retire as system president in the spring of 2008.

Martin Lancaster will serve in an "of counsel" position with the firm, concentrating in regulatory and administrative law.

Martin Lancaster was made an Honorary Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth II in 2011, for his services to the people of Northern Ireland.