J. Landis “Lanny,” Martin, an attorney, businessman and well-known benefactor of the arts in Denver, has died. He was 77 when he died Friday after an illness.
J. Landis “Lanny” Martin, an attorney, businessman and well-known benefactor of the arts in Denver, has died. He was 77 when he died Friday after an illness.Denver Art Museum’s
Lanny Martin was a museum trustee since 1994 and was chairman of the museum board from 2013 to 2022. When Sarah Anschutz succeeded Martin in March after serving as interim board chair, the museum said in a statement that Martin “oversaw much of the museum’s transformation into the institution it is today.”
When gambling was legalized in Central City and two other mountain towns in 1991, Martin worked with fellow board member Nancy Parker to negotiate a lease of the Teller House, a hotel owned by the opera.Martin maintained strong ties towhere he earned a bachelor’s degree in economics in 1968 and a law degree in 1973. He served on the university’s board of trustees and was chairman from 2017 until August 2022.
Martin and his wife were generous benefactors, giving a total of nearly $45 million, the school said. The couple created the J. Landis Martin Professorship of Law and Business; helped establish Lanny and Sharon Martin Stadium, the university’s soccer and lacrosse field; and made several generous gifts to the Law School Fund and Bienen School of Music Fund.
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