Charles F. Marsh
Charles F. Marsh | |
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7th President of Wofford College | |
In office 1958–1968 | |
Preceded by | Francis Pendleton Gaines |
Succeeded by | Paul Hardin III |
Personal details | |
Born | University of Illinois | August 18, 1903
Charles Franklin Marsh (August 18, 1903 – January 15, 1984) was an American economist and academic who became the seventh president of
College of William and Mary. In his last six years at William and Mary, he was Dean of the Faculty. He was involved in civic affairs in Williamsburg, serving on several economic planning agencies. An active churchman, he was a member of several annual conference boards in the Virginia and South Carolina conferences and a member of the Methodist General Conference. Dr. Marsh also served as a member of the Methodist Commission on Church Union and as a member of the University Senate of the Methodist Church. Active in the affairs of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, he was a member of the SACS Executive Council at the time of the integration crisis at the University of Mississippi
. Dr. Marsh retired from the presidency of Wofford in 1968, returning to Williamsburg to teach in the Graduate School at William and Mary. A dormitory at Wofford is named in his honor.