Charles E. Bishop | |
Order: | 2nd |
Office: | Chancellor of the University of Houston System |
Term Start: | 1980 |
Term End: | 1986 |
Predecessor: | Philip G. Hoffman |
Successor: | Wilbur L. Meier |
Title2: | President of the University of Arkansas |
Term Start2: | 1974 |
Term End2: | 1980 |
Predecessor2: | David Wiley Mullins |
Successor2: | James E. Martin |
Title3: | Chancellor of the University of Maryland, College Park |
Term Start3: | 1970 |
Term End3: | 1974 |
Predecessor3: | Wilson Homer Elkins (as president) |
Successor3: | John W. Dorsey (acting) |
Birth Date: | 8 June 1921 |
Birth Place: | Campobello, South Carolina, U.S. |
Death Place: | Durham, North Carolina, U.S. |
Alma Mater: | Berea College University of Kentucky University of Chicago |
Occupation: | agricultural economist |
Charles Edwin Bishop (June 8, 1921 – January 14, 2012) was an American academic. He was chancellor of the University of Houston System from 1980 to 1986, president of the University of Arkansas from 1974 to 1980, and chancellor of the University of Maryland, College Park from 1970 to 1974.[1] Bishop attended Berea College, the University of Kentucky, and University of Chicago. He had a B.S. in agriculture educations, an M.S. in agriculture economics, and a Ph.D. in economics.[2] He also taught at North Carolina State University and served as vice president of the University of North Carolina.