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Edmund Rudolf Martens had a matchless impact on the Concordia University, Nebraska A Cappella Choir, the music department as a whole, and the university overall. Both an outstanding choir director and beloved professor, he was also known as a nurturing mentor, loving husband, and caring friend. Director of the A Cappella Choir for 21 years, he took hundreds of students on eight tours of Europe and countless stateside tours. He fondly referred to his choristers as “pelicans,” and they affectionately called him “Dad Martens.”