Martin Edwards Enriching a Tradition

"That sounds kind of boastful," he says, "and that's really not me."

To learn who Marty Edwards is, you need to start at the beginning of the Edwards Brothers story. Thomas and Daniel Edwards, a pair of University of Michigan law students, began the practice of mimeographing and selling their own lecture notes in 1893, which they quickly found to be a profitable venture. The pair alternated running the business until finishing law school, at which point they handed the reins to their older brother, John J., or J.J., who grew the mimeographing business until his death in 1922.