When Martin retired from political life in 1993, he was named the chairman of the board of the James Cannon Research Center of the Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte. In 2012, he led an investigation into academic irregularities at the flagship [[University of North Carolina]] at Chapel Hill.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wral.com/news/education/story/11436603/ |title=Former governor to dig deeper into UNC academics|publisher=wral.com|date=August 16, 2012|accessdate=October 5, 2021}}</ref> | When Martin retired from political life in 1993, he was named the chairman of the board of the James Cannon Research Center of the Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte. In 2012, he led an investigation into academic irregularities at the flagship [[University of North Carolina]] at Chapel Hill.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wral.com/news/education/story/11436603/ |title=Former governor to dig deeper into UNC academics|publisher=wral.com|date=August 16, 2012|accessdate=October 5, 2021}}</ref> |