A Missouri native, Dr. Charles Knox Martin Jr. (1952-1972) attended Southwest Missouri State College for his undergraduate and graduate studies. In the late 1930s he received his Ph.D. from Yale. Dr. Martin went on to teach at Mary Washington College in Fredericksburg, Virginia, both before and after World War II.

During the twenty years that Dr. Martin served as president, he oversaw the dissolution of the RC-VPI marriage and the advancement of Radford College as its own individual institution.

As a leader in teacher education in Virginia, Radford's student population increased sharply, 22 buildings and additions were added to the campus, and majors offered by the college more than doubled. Now the largest women's college in the state, RC was also one of the most productive, having been cited as the "most efficiently managed institution in the state."

In 1972, President Martin retired from the presidency and became the College's Chancellor.

View the official portrait of Dr. Martin which is located on the wall in the Circulation Hall of McConnell Library to the right of the Stacks Coffee Shop. Then click the "Back" button on your browser to return to this page.

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Peters

Charles Knox
Martin

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