Charles E. Marsh

Charles Edward Marsh (January 7, 1887 – December 30, 1964) was an American newspaper publisher who owned several newspapers in Texas and also founded the Public Welfare Foundation. He was a supporter and mentor of President Lyndon B. Johnson and helped him get his political career started.

Early life Marsh was born in Hartwell, Cincinnati, Ohio, one of six children. His father was a lawyer who left his wife and children. Charles' mother took them to Coalgate, Oklahoma (then still Oklahoma Territory), where he attended school and later worked in the coaling mining industry. In 1906, Charles enrolled in Haverford College in Pennsylvania before transferring to the University of Oklahoma to be nearer to his mother. Claudia was the president of the Public Welfare Foundation between 1952 and 1974 and survived her husband for thirty-six years, dying at the age of 100 in 2000.