Charles Knox Martin Jr.

Categories
Radford University Archives > RU Photograph Collection
Subject
Radford College Slide.
Radford College.
Creator
Nolen, Laura
Type
positive slide
Coverage - Temporal
1913-1976
Date
2019-05-20
Identifier
Illustrated_History_tray_2_slide_056.jpg
Language
English
Publisher
Archives & Special Collections. McConnell Library. Radford University
Description
Dr. Charles Knox Martin Jr. was president of Radford University from 1952-1972. He was born in Missouri, and attended Southwest Missouri State College for his undergraduate and graduate degrees. He continued in the late 1930's to receive his Ph.D. from Yale. He went on to teach at Mary Washington College in Fredericksburg, VA before and after the second World War. For the twenty years that Dr. Martin served as president, he oversaw the dissolvement of the Radford College-Virginia Polytechnic Institute connection, and therefore saw to the advancement of Radford College as its own individual institution. During his presidency, the student population of Radford increased dramatically, twenty-two buildings and additions were added to the campus, and the majors offered by the college more than doubled in number. Radford College became the largest women's college in the state. This photo is part of Laura Nolen's "An Illustrated History 1913-1976" of Radford College.
Rights
Copyright is held by Radford University. The images are available for free personal, non-commercial, and educational use, provided that proper citation is used (e.g. McConnell Library Archives and Special Collections, Radford University, Radford, VA). Any commercial use of the materials, without the written permission of Radford University, is strictly prohibited. Please refer to the McConnell Library Archives and Special Collections website for more information.