Charles Alfred Lory (1872âÂÂ1969) was an American academic administrator.
Lory was born in Sardis, Ohio on September 25, 1872. On June 5, 1902, Charles A Lory received an M.S. degree in physics, the first graduate degree in physics at the University of Colorado Boulder. He served as the president of Colorado State University from 1909 to 1940.
He died in Fort Collins, Colorado on December 30, 1969.