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Obituaries New York Times
Jackson Martindell, Financier, Dies at 89
Published: March 9, 1990
Jackson Martindell, a financier, management consultant and onetime publisher of ''Who's Who in America,'' died of cancer Wednesday at his home in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. He was 89 years old.
Mr. Martindell was the founder in 1949 of the American Institute of Management, through which he developed the ''management audit'' as a technique to assess business leadership.
In 1932 he founded Fiduciary Counsel Inc., a New York concern that advised prominent business families. He was treasurer of the Marshall Field Foundation.
In 1962 he became publisher of Marquis Who's Who of Chicago, the concern that publishes the annual ''Who's Who in America.'' He sold the publication to ITT in 1969 and retired from business.
Mr. Martindell is survived by three sons, Robert and David, of Fort Lauderdale, and Roger, of Princeton, N.J.; a daughter, Edna Brown of Sea Girt, N.J., seven grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.
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OBITUARIES SunSentinel, Ft Lauderdale, FL
March 10, 1990|By RAY LYNCH, Staff Writer
Jackson Martindell, a management consultant and former publisher of Who`s Who in America, died of cancer on Wednesday at his Fort Lauderdale home. He was 89.
Mr. Martindell was born in Amarillo, Texas, on July 26, 1900, and was the son of Rosa and Everett W. Martindell. He was a graduate of the University of Colorado and Columbia University. During World War I, he served in the Army`s American Expeditionary Force.
By 1932, Mr. Martindell was in New York City and had founded Fiduciary Counsel Inc., a concern that advised prominent business families. He was also treasurer of the Marshall Field Foundation.
Over the next two decades, Mr. Martindell made a reputation as a banker, financier, consultant and economic adviser.
After World War II, he accepted a request from the U.S. government to help the Yugoslavian government re-establish its war-torn economy. Working as a volunteer, he visited the country several times and became friends with Marshal Josip Broz Tito, the Communist partisan who became president of his country.
Mr. Martindell spent many hours talking with Tito about economics and watching the ex-guerrilla fighter`s extensive collection of American cowboy movies at Tito`s palatial home on Brioni island.
In 1949, a year after marrying Anne Clark, who would become a New Jersey state senator and later U.S. ambassador to New Zealand, Mr. Martindell founded the New York-based American Institute of Management. The company developed the ``management audit`` as a technique to assess business leadership. For many years, he ran the company from his Fort Lauderdale home.
In 1956, he became publisher of Marquis` Who`s Who of Chicago, which published the annual Who`s Who in America. He sold the publication to ITT in 1969 for a sum he described as ``fantastic`` and retired.
Mr. Martindell is survived by three sons, Robert and David, both of Fort Lauderdale, and Roger of Princeton, N.J.; a daughter, Edna Brown of Sea Girt, N.J.; seven grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren.
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Birth	26 Jul 1900	Amarillo, Potter, Texas, United States
Marriage	17 Jan 1934	Manhattan, New York, United States - Virginia Payne
Census (family)	1940	Bernardsville, Somerset, New Jersey, United States - Virginia Payne
Marriage	1948	Anne Blair Clark
Death	7 Mar 1990	Fort Lauderddale, Broward, Florida, United States
Burial		Trinity All Saints Cemetery, Princeton, Mercer, New Jersey, United States

Spouse

Virginia Payne (1914 - 1945)

Spouse

Anne Blair Clark (1914 - 2008)

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