Charles Harrison Mann, Jr.



Charles Harrison Mann, Jr. (January 15, 1908 - November 28, 1977) was a Virginia state delegate and one of the original founders of George Mason University.

Biography
C. H. Mann Jr. was born in 1908 in Alabama. After receiving his law degree from the University of Virginia in 1931, he became an attorney in Washington, D.C. and in Arlington, Virginia. He lived in Arlington with his wife, Betty Hart Mann.

Involvement in George Mason University founding
In an undated phone call in 1949, University of Virginia President Colgate Darden called Mann with the idea of establishing a higher education facility in Northern Virginia. Mann, who was serving as president of the Northern Virginia Chapter of the University of Virginia Alumni Association, organized an exploratory committee of notable local citizens to look into bringing higher education to the area.