Charles Ezra Beury (pronounced "Berry"; August 13, 1879 – March 9, 1953)[1] was the second president of Temple University from 1925 to 1941.
When he received a law degree from Harvard three years later it was in absentia because that day he was marrying the Lutheran pastor's daughter in his native Shamokin, Pennsylvania.
A career as lawyer and banker brought him to Temple's board of trustees where Russell Conwell spotted him as a likely successor.
After his election Beury tried for a while to be both president of Temple University and board chairman of Bank of Philadelphia & Trust Co.
Temple's benefactors have included Publisher Cyrus H. K. Curtis, his son-in-law Edward Bok, and Mr. & Mrs. George F. Tyler, who gave the $1,000,000 School of Fine Arts now headed by Sculptor Boris Blai.