Albert Coates (professor)

Albert Coates (1896–1989) was the founder and long-time director of the Institute of Government at the University of North Carolina.

Coates earned a bachelor's degree from the University of North Carolina in 1918 and an LLB from Harvard University in 1923. Upon graduation, Coates joined the faculty of the University of North Carolina School of Law and taught there until 1969. In 1932, Coates founded the Institute of Government at the University of North Carolina.^[1] He served as its director until 1962.^[2]

References

1. Covington, Howard E.; Marion A. Ellis (1999). Terry Sanford: politics, progress, and outrageous ambitions. Duke University Press. p. 46. ISBN 978-0-8223-2356-3.
2. Grimsley, Wayne (2003). James B. Hunt: a North Carolina progressive. McFarland. p. 50. ISBN 978-0-7864-1607-3.

External links

• Inventory of the Albert Coates Papers, 1916-1980s, in the Southern Historical Collection, UNC-Chapel Hill.