Charles Clement French (October 24, 1901 – March 6, 1988) was an American academic leader and the sixth President of Washington State University in Pullman, serving from 1952 to 1966.
During that period, he was chairman of the Committee on the Improvement of Instruction of the Southern Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools.
[11] Then on February 24, 1952, the Board of Regents selected him to become the sixth president of the State College of Washington in Pullman.
Born January 15, 1902, she was the daughter of Arthur Proctor Black and Clara Belle Kiplinger.
Married in late 1925, they had a son and a daughter; Helen died in 1976 and they are buried at the city cemetery in Pullman.