Coates, Albert, 1896-1989

Albert Coates, founder and long-time director of the Institute of Government at the University of North Carolina, was born in Johnston County, N.C., in 1896 and died in 1989. He 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 1931, Coates founded the Institute of Government at the University of North Carolina. He served as its director until 1962.

Coates was the author of numerous works, including Talks on the Rule of Law and the Role of Government in the Cities, the Counties, and the State of North Carolina (1971); By her Own Bootstraps: A Saga of Women in North Carolina (1975); and The Story of the Institute of Government: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (1981).

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