Charles J. McCann (February 24, 1926 – July 8, 2015) was the first president of The Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington.
Appointed by the college's Board of Trustees August 15, 1968 following the Washington State Legislature's passage of the 1967 bill authorizing the college, McCann served as president until stepping down to join the faculty there in 1977, when he was replaced by former Washington governor Daniel J. Evans.
Much of Evergreen's unique administrative and curricular structures are directly attributable to Charles McCann's vision and leadership.
While at Central Washington State College (now Central Washington University), he progressed from an associate professorship in English to Chairman of the Department of English, became Assistant to the President in 1965 and later became Dean of Faculty.
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