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Charles H. Coleman
Charles H. Coleman, Ph.D. (1900-1972) was an American author and Professor of Social Science at Eastern Illinois University. Born in 1900, he joined the faculty while Eastern Illin...view moreCharles H. Coleman, Ph.D. (1900-1972) was an American author and Professor of Social Science at Eastern Illinois University. Born in 1900, he joined the faculty while Eastern Illinois University was still the Eastern Illinois State Teachers College in 1926. Coleman taught history and chaired the social science department during his 34-year tenure at Eastern. A prolific researcher, writer, and scholar, Coleman produced an abundance of scholarship on the life and family of Abraham Lincoln, the Charleston Riot, the Civil War, the history of the first fifty years of Eastern Illinois University, and other topics of American history. Colleagues voted in 1965 to name one of Eastern Illinois University’s recently built campus buildings in his honor. Coleman Hall currently houses the departments of history, economics, political science, English, and foreign languages. He died in 1972.view less