Charles Woolsey Cole (February 8, 1906 – February 20, 1978)
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from 1946 to 1960, serving longer in that post than any other president.

Biography

Cole was also involved with the

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, Merrill Foundation for the Advancement of Financial Knowledge,

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, and Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association.Charles W. Cole Papers
, Amherst College Archives and Special Collections. Charles W. Cole attended Amherst College and was a brother of the

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fraternity (Sigma chapter). Cole received his master's degree and Ph.D. from

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. He was then a history professor at Columbia. From 1961 to 1964 he was

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Charles W. Cole (AC 1927) Papers
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