BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Martin Group celebrated four decades of business with a benefit gala, raising $200,000 for the Western Kentucky University scholarship endowment established in 2000 by Cornelius and Gail Martin.

According to a release Monday, the endowment supports current and future WKU students.

Cornelius A. Martin, founder of the Martin Group, served WKU’s Board of Regents from 1994 to 2006 and as chair of the board twice, the release states.

Chad Martin, CEO and president of Martin Group, said, “We are proud to use the Martin Group’s 40th anniversary as an opportunity to continue our family’s decades-long support of WKU and the entire Bowling Green community.”

Hosted at the company’s Fixed Base Operation, Co-Mar Aviation, the evening commemorated the beginning of a yearlong cel

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