 from Ohio Wesleyan University in 1901, and from Northwestern University in 1907.The Charles W. Fairbanks Professor of Politics and Government position at Ohio Wesleyan University is named for him.The city of Fairbanks, Alaska, and the Fairbanks North Star Borough it lies within; the Fairbanks School District in Union County, Ohio; Fairbanks, Minnesota; Fairbanks, Oregon; and Fairbanks Township, Michigan, are named after him.