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Charles D. Marx

Charles D. Marx was a professor of civil engineering and, later, vice president of Stanford. He, along with William F. Durand and Charles B. Wing, served on the Commission of Engineers charged with reconstructing the university after the 1906 quake.

The committee, called the Stanford Commission of Engineers, focused on those buildings critical to the university’s academic program, and reported to the Board in May that the buildings “necessary for carrying on the university work can easily be made ready for occupancy and safe use in time for the opening of the University on August 23rd.” Three outside consultants--Henry A. Schulz, architect, J.D. Galloway, civil engineer, and J.B. Leonard, civil engineer-- were hired to provide a more detailed building condition report, with recommended repairs and estimated costs.