for a time, a Californian bank. At the time of his death, Martin served on the boards of Zales, Non-Invasive Monitoring Systems, Adience and Calton Home Builders. On June 14, 1993, Ackerman was named chairman, president and chief executive officer of Standard Brands Paint Co. as part of the plan that brought the company out of Chapter 11 federal bankruptcy protection. Personal life and death Ackerman married twice. His first wife was Frances Shapiro. They divorced and he remarried to Diane Leighton. Ackerman died at age 61 on August 1, 1993 at Mount Sinai Hospital, Manhattan, from acute sepsis, after an operation. He was survived by his wife, his son, Richard Ackerman, and his three daughters, Kelly L. Ackerman, Debra Ackerman, and Victoria Ackerman Richardson. Books Ackerman wrote many books, including: The Curtis Affair (Nash, 1970) With Diane Leighton, Money, Power, Ego: A Manual for Would-be Wheeler-Dealers (Playboy, 1976) Philanthropy Ackerman established a foundation to donate art worth millions of dollars. References 1932 births 1993 deaths American magazine publishers (people) American book publishers (people) American business executives New York (state) lawyers 20th-century American businesspeople 20th-century American lawyers