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Martin Patrick Durkin (March 18, 1894 – November 13, 1955) was a U.S. administrator. He served as Secretary of Labor from January 21, 1953, to September 10, 1953, where he was the "plumber" of President Dwight Eisenhower's "Nine Millionaires and a Plumber" cabinet.
Hall of Secretaries: Martin P. Durkin. Portrait Artist: C.J. Fox. Tenure: January 21, 1953 to September 10, 1953. From Illinois; high school, 3 years evening school. At age 17 became steamfitter's apprentice, became active in the plumbers' and pipe fitters' union, and rose through the ranks to become president of the union.
Martin Durkin was secretary of labor under President Eisenhower from January 21, 1953, to October 8, 1953. In 1911, at the age of seventeen, Durkin became a steamfitter's apprentice; he would go on to fight as a private in the First World War.
When Martin Patrick Durkin resigned last week as Secretary of Labor, an old union colleague remarked: "Like any old steam fitter, he knew when the pressure got too high." The pressure had...
Martin Patrick Durkin. (1894–1955). American public official and labor leader Martin Patrick Durkin was involved with organized labor for some 30 years through his membership in and presidency of the steamfitters’ union (a steamfitter works on pipes and piping systems).
Martin Durkin may refer to: Martin Patrick Durkin (1894–1955), American politician. Martin Durkin (director), British television producer. Martin James Durkin (1901–1981), American criminal.
The Great Global Warming Swindle is a 2007 British polemical documentary film directed by Martin Durkin. The film denies the scientific consensus about the reality and causes of climate change , justifying this by suggesting that climatology is influenced by funding and political factors.
