Carleton Bartlett Gibson (September 18, 1863 – May 22, 1927) was a 19th– and 20th-century American industrial educator and university president.

He graduated from the University of Alabama with bachelor's and master's degrees in the Classics in 1884 and 1885, respectively and married the former Martha "Mattie" Goodwin Newcomb in 1889.

[5] The school introduced the children of mill workers to two dozen different handicrafts that would prove useful for their later employ in the local textile factories.

Upon America's entry into the War, he organized divisional schools for the Army and served as director of Vocational Training for the American Expeditionary Force in France.

After the end of the War, Gibson was elected Superintendent of the Savannah, Georgia public school system.