Charles Coleman Thach

Charles Coleman Thach
Thatch pictured in The Glomerata 1919, Auburn yearbook
President of the Auburn University
Term	1902 – 1920
Predecessor	William Leroy Broun
Successor	Spright Dowell
Born	March 15, 1860(1860-03-15) Athens, Alabama
Died	October 15, 1921(1921-10-15) (aged 61) Dalton, Georgia

Charles Coleman Thach (March 15, 1860 – October 15, 1921) was the President of Alabama Polytechnic Institute, now known as Auburn University, from 1902 to 1920.^[1]

Biography

Charles Coleman Thach was born in Athens, Alabama in 1860.^[2] He graduated from the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Alabama, now known as Auburn University, in 1877.^[1][3] He became a Professor of English in 1885.^[1][2] He was also teaching Political Economy.^[4] He was President in the same institution from 1902 to 1920.^[1][2]

He was a member of the American Economic Association.^[4] He was a founding member of the Alabama Library Association.^[4]

Bibliography

• The Creation of the Presidency, 1775-1789: A Study of Constitutional History

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d} Auburn library
2. ^ ^{a b c} Auburn archives
3. ^ Encyclopedia of Alabama
4. ^ ^{a b c} David Whitten, A History of Economics and Business at Auburn University, Routledge, 1992, pp. 20-22 [1]

Academic offices
Preceded by William Leroy Broun	President of Auburn University 1902-1920	Succeeded by Spright Dowell

Persondata
Name	Thach, Charles Coleman
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Date of birth	1860
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Date of death	1921
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