Charles U. "Chip" Martel (born 1953) is an American computer scientist and bridge player.
Martel was Inducted into the ACBL Hall of Fame in 2014. He is married to Jan Martel, also in the ACBL Hall of Fame.
Academic life
Martel received a B.S. degree from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1975, and a Ph.D. from UC Berkeley in 1980. He helped establish the computer science department at UC Davis, received tenure there in 1985–86, and retired in 2013. At UC Davis he is Charles U. Martel, professor emeritus. His academic interests involved designing and analyzing algorithms.
Bridge accomplishments
Awards and honors Herman Trophy (1) 1981 Mott-Smith Trophy (1) 1994 Fishbein Trophy (1) 2000 ACBL Hall of Fame, 2014"Induction by Year" . Hall of Fame. ACBL. Retrieved 2014-11-10.
Wins
Bermuda Bowl (4) 1985, 1987, 2001, 2017 World Open Pairs Championship (1) 1982 Rosenblum Cup (2) 1994, 2026 World Senior Teams (1) 2016 North American Bridge Championships (38) von Zedtwitz Life Master Pairs (1) 2007 Nail Life Master Open Pairs (1) 2012 North American Pairs (1) 1988 Grand National Teams (9) 1982, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1993, 1996, 2003, 2009, 2017 Jacoby Open Swiss Teams (1) 1994 Roth Open Swiss Teams (1) 2010 Vanderbilt (8) 1984, 1987, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2011, 2018, 2025 Mitchell Board-a-Match Teams (5) 1995, 2001, 2005, 2007, 2018 Chicago Mixed Board-a-Match (1) 2001 Reisinger (4) 1981, 1985, 1986, 1996 Spingold (5) 1990, 2000, 2016, 2023, 2026 Soloway (1) 2024
Runners-up
Bermuda Bowl (1) 1989 Rosenblum Cup (1) 1982 North American Bridge Championships Blue Ribbon Pairs (1) 1981 North American Pairs (1) 1981 Grand National Teams (5) 2000, 2001, 2006, 2014, 2016 Jacoby Open Swiss Teams (2) 2000, 2014 Roth Open Swiss Teams (1) 2013 Vanderbilt (3) 1992, 2006, 2010, 2026 Mitchell Board-a-Match Teams (1) 2008 Chicago Mixed Board-a-Match (1) 2004 Reisinger (3) 1983, 2006, 2007 Spingold (4) 1992, 1993, 1995, 2003
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