| Charles Coleman Thach | |
| President of Auburn University | |
| Term Start: | 1902 |
| Term End: | 1920 |
| Predecessor: | William Leroy Broun |
| Successor: | Spright Dowell |
| Birth Date: | 15 March 1860 |
| Birth Place: | Athens, Alabama, US |
| Death Place: | 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.[1]
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]
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. [5]
Thatch died in Dalton, Georgia, on October 3, 1921.