Concordia Seminary was widely pronounced as dead in the spring of 1974. The stress and turmoil generated by the controversy wrought an enormous toll on all participants, Martin Scharlamenn, who had been appointed to replace Tietjen, resigned from the presidency of Concordia Seminary a mere three months into his term due to mental and physical exhaustion. Seminex sympathizers such as Martin Marty stated that the synod would be forced to close the school and sell the campus. However, under the leadership of Ralph Bohlmann, who had succeeded acting seminary president Martin Scharlamen, enrollment quickly rebounded.