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Charles Woolsey Cole (February 8, 1906 – February 20, 1978) was an American diplomat and academic who served as the twelfth president of Amherst College from 1946 to 1960, serving longer in that post than any other president.

Biography

Cole was also involved with the Committee on the National Security Organization, American Cancer Society, U.S. Air Force, Merrill Foundation for the Advancement of Financial Knowledge, Educational Testing Service, and Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association.

Charles W. Cole attended Amherst College and was a brother of the Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity (Sigma chapter).

Cole received his master's degree and Ph.D. from Columbia University. He was then a history professor at Columbia. From 1961 to 1964 he was United States Ambassador to Chile.

References

New General Catalog of Old Books and Authors
Charles W. Cole Papers Archived September 26, 2011, at the Wayback Machine, Amherst College Archives and Special Collections.

External links

Office of the Historian. "Charles Woolsey Cole (1906–1978)".
Charles W. Cole (AC 1927) Papers at the Amherst College Archives & Special Collections

Diplomatic posts
Preceded byRobert F. Woodward	United States Ambassador to Chile October 21, 1961 – September 27, 1964	Succeeded byRalph A. Dungan
Academic offices
Preceded byStanley King	President of Amherst College 1946–1960	Succeeded byCalvin Plimpton

v t e United States ambassadors to Chile
Minister Plenipotentiary	Allen
Chargé d'Affaires	Larned Hamm Pollard Pendleton Crump Barton
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary	Peyton Starkweather Bigler Nelson Kilpatrick Root Logan Osborn Kilpatrick Logan Roberts Egan Porter Strobel Wilson Hicks Dawson Fletcher
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	Fletcher Shea Collier Culbertson Sevier Philip Armour Bowers Beaulac Lyon Howe Woodward Cole Dungan Korry Davis Popper Landau Theberge Barnes Gillespie Kamman Guerra-Mondragón O'Leary Brownfield Kelly Simons Wolff Hammer Perez Meehan

v t e Presidents of Amherst College
Moore (1821–1823) Humphrey (1823–1845) Hitchcock (1845–1854) Stearns (1854–1876) Seelye (1876–1890) Gates (1890–1899) Harris (1899–1912) Meiklejohn (1912–1924) Olds (1924–1927) Pease (1927–1932) King (1932–1946) Cole (1946–1960) Plimpton (1960–1971) Ward (1971–1979) Gibbs (1979–1983) G. Armour Craig (1983–1984) (acting) Pouncey (1984–1994) Gerety (1994–2003) Marx (2003–2011) Martin (2011–2022) Elliott (2022–)

Presidents of Amherst College

Moore (1821–1823)
Humphrey (1823–1845)
Hitchcock (1845–1854)
Stearns (1854–1876)
Seelye (1876–1890)
Gates (1890–1899)
Harris (1899–1912)
Meiklejohn (1912–1924)
Olds (1924–1927)
Pease (1927–1932)
King (1932–1946)
Cole (1946–1960)
Plimpton (1960–1971)
Ward (1971–1979)
Gibbs (1979–1983)
G. Armour Craig (1983–1984) (acting)
Pouncey (1984–1994)
Gerety (1994–2003)
Marx (2003–2011)
Martin (2011–2022)
Elliott (2022–)

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