Farewell Address to the Arkansas Federation of College Republicans

We've made a Revolution: Arkansas is no longer a one-party state. But there is vast work still to be done.

Delivered to the 1990 College Republican State Convention on behalf
of outgoing two-term State Chairman Rod D. Martin by his First Vice Chairman.

by Rod D. Martin
December 8, 1990

Ladies and Gentlemen:

I wish to make my deepest apologies for not being present among you today as you gather to choose the leadership which will carry you into the next year. As many of you know, I am currently in Cambridge, England, at the University which bears that city's name. Nevertheless, you are all very much in my thoughts and prayers on this very important day, and I send you my deepest greetings; you, the representatives of the organization to which I have now given a rather large part of my life.

Those many of you who have battled alongside me over the past several years hardly need to be reminded of the tremendous achievements of that time. You have been there as we took a good organization and made it a great one. You have been there as we instituted training programs both in and out of state so as t…