| Charles Coleman Thach | |
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 Thach pictured in The Glomerata 1919, Auburn yearbook | |
| President of Auburn University | |
| In office 1902–1920 | |
| Preceded by | William Leroy Broun |
| Succeeded by | Spright Dowell |
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| Born | (1860-03-15)March 15, 1860 Athens, Alabama, US |
| Died | October 15, 1921(1921-10-15) (aged 61) Dalton, Georgia, US |
Charles Coleman Thach (March 15, 1860 – October 3, 1921) was the President of Alabama Polytechnic Institute, now known as Auburn University, from 1902 to 1920.
Biography
Charles Coleman Thach was born in Athens, Alabama in 1860. He graduated from the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Alabama, now known as Auburn University, in 1877. He became a Professor of English in 1885. He was also teaching Political Economy. He was President in the same institution from 1902 to 1920.
He was a member of the American Economic Association. He was a founding member of the Alabama Library Association.
Thach was the father of historian Charles C. Thach, Jr. (1894–1966), who wrote The Creation of the Presidency, 1775-1789: A Study of Constitutional History.
Thatch died in Dalton, Georgia, on October 3, 1921.
References
- ^ Auburn library
- ^ Auburn archives
- Encyclopedia of Alabama
- ^ David Whitten, A History of Economics and Business at Auburn University, Routledge, 1992, pp. 20-22
- Thach, Jr., Charles C. (1969). The Creation of the Presidency 1775-1789 (2nd ed.). Baltimore, MD: The Johns Hopkins Press. p. ii. ISBN 0-8018-1108-2.
To the Memory of my Father / Charles Coleman Thach
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| Preceded byWilliam Leroy Broun | President of Auburn University 1902–1920 |
Succeeded bySpright Dowell |
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– Chaired a committee along with Duncan that ran Auburn, but never held the title of president |
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