Charles Madison Sarratt

Charles Madison Sarratt (1888–1978) was an American academic and administrator.

Sarratt was born June 21, 1888, in Gaffney, South Carolina.

[6] He then graduated from Cornell University, where he received a bachelor's degree in 1911.

[1] He joined the faculty in the department of mathematics at Vanderbilt University in 1916.

[10] In 1960, Sarratt chaired a committee of black leaders like Stephen J. Wright and Walter S. Davis and white businessmen to put an end to the Nashville sit-ins.

[2] The Sarratt Student Center on the campus of Vanderbilt University has been named for him since 1974.