[6] He then taught at the University of California at Los Angeles, in two years rising from assistant professor to dean and public business adviser.

[7] He resigned along with four members of the Board of Regents on January 19, 1927 in a scandal that drew national attention and is still studied in the 21st century.

[13] The report prompted editor Woodson Upshaw's Tucson Daily Independent, then a new weekly newspaper, to begin an editorial campaign against Marvin.

This campaign led the Tucson Merchants' Association, strong supporters of Marvin, to begin an advertising boycott of the paper.

[14] He was elected to succeed William Mather Lewis as President of George Washington University in June 1927 and took office that September.

Under Marvin the number of students doubled and faculty tripled, though over 100 protests were lodged against perceived unfair dismissals.

[17] The Research Editor of the GW Hatchet, Andrew Novak, wrote of Marvin's "persecution of liberals among the faculty, his well-documented support of segregation and his constant disregard for the civil liberties of students".