CHELSEA, Mich. -- Educator and credit union leader Kenneth J. Marin, a former CUNA chairman, has died.
Marin, who served as Michigan Credit Union League chairman from 1960 to 1963 and CUNA chairman during 1964 to 1966, died at his home in Chelsea, Michigan.
His service to the credit union movement also included terms as Grand Rapids Chapter chairman and MCUL director. He was a member of the Michigan League Hall of Fame.
In 1966, he was part of a U.S. State Department evaluation team designed to review operations in six South American countries. In 1968, he moved with his family to East Africa where he served as an advisor to the United Republic of Tanzania on capital mobilization and utilization.
President Lyndon B. Johnson had also appointed Marin a member of the White House Consumer Advisory Council.
