who is the president of southern university baton rouge
Dr. Ray Belton
title: Leon R. Tarver II text: Leon R. Tarver II Leon R. Tarver II (born c. 1948) is an American academic administrator. He served as the president of Southern University, a public, historically black university in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, from 1997 to 2005. Tarver was born circa 1948 in Shreveport, Louisiana. He attended local schools before college. He earned a bachelor of arts degree in political science from Southern University Baton Rouge, a master’s of public administration from Harvard University (John K. Kennedy School of Government), and a doctor of philosophy from The Union Institute in Cincinnati, Ohio. Tarver joined Southern University as a professor of title: Ray Belton text: Ray Belton Ray Belton is an American academic administrator. He serves as the president-chancellor of Southern University, a historically black public university in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Belton graduated from Southern University, where he earned a bachelor's degree. He earned a master's degree in counseling from the University of Nebraska and a Ph.D. in educational administration from the University of Texas at Austin. Belton began his career in academia as an assistant professor at his alma mater, Southern University. Belton served as the chancellor of the Southern University at Shreveport from 2000 to 2015. Under his leadership, "enrollment [...] increased by title: Southern University text: continued growth and a lack of land for expansion, in 1914 the university moved to Scotlandville, along Scott's Bluff facing the Mississippi River and north of Baton Rouge. Now absorbed into the capital, this area is included as a historic destination of the Louisiana African American Heritage Trail. The first president of what is now known as Southern University at Baton Rouge was Dr. Joseph Samuel Clark. Clark, an African-American leader from Baton Rouge. He had led Baton Rouge College and the Louisiana Colored Teachers Association. In 1921, the Louisiana Constitutional Convention authorized the reorganization and expansion of Southern University; title: Ray Belton text: 156 percent and graduation rates have doubled." Since 2015, Belton has served as the president-chancellor of Southern University in Baton Rouge. Belton is married to Norma Belton. Ray Belton Ray Belton is an American academic administrator. He serves as the president-chancellor of Southern University, a historically black public university in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Belton graduated from Southern University, where he earned a bachelor's degree. He earned a master's degree in counseling from the University of Nebraska and a Ph.D. in educational administration from the University of Texas at Austin. Belton began his career in academia as an assistant professor at title: Southern University text: The institution continued to grow. In 1974, a special session in the Louisiana Legislature established the Southern University System, with Jesse N. Stone of Shreveport as its president. The system consists of Southern University and A&M College, Baton Rouge (SUBR); Southern University, New Orleans (SUNO); Southern University Law Center (SULC); Southern University Agricultural Center (SUAC); and Southern University, Shreveport (SUSLA). SUSLA is a two-year, commuter college. The Southern University Museum of Art at Shreveport has been designated as a destination of the Louisiana African American Heritage Trail. In 1978, the legislature merged the Southern School for the Deaf with the