James A. Colston

Infobox University Chancellor
name = Dr. James A. Colston


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order = President
university = Georgia State College
term_start = 1947
term_end = 1949
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predecessor = Benjamin F. Hubert
successor = William K. Payne
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profession = educator
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James A. Colston served as president of Georgia State College from 1947 and until 1949. citeweb|title=SSU - Where Savannah Meets the Sea...|url=http://webpages.charter.net/ssuatl/history.htm|accessdate=2008-08-31]

Biography

Education

President

Colston succeeded Benjamin F. Hubert as president of the college in 1947. It was during Colston’s term as president that Savannah State became accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS). Also during his tenure, the college’s land-grant status was transferred to Fort Valley State College (1949).

During his term as president the campus was modernized to include the construction of the first student center and the installation of the first campus-wide telephone system. Additionally, he established the school’s first Office of Public Relations and established the Campus Chest Program. Colston resigned in 1949.

Legacy

The James A. Colston Administration Building on the university's campus is named in honor of Dr. Colston. [citeweb|title=Savannah State University|url=http://www.savstate.edu/tour/Buildings/colston/Colston.htm|accessdate=2008-09-07]

uggested Reading

*Hall, Clyde W (1991). One Hundred Years of Educating at Savannah State College, 1890-1990. East Peoria, Ill.: Versa Press.

References

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Georgia State College
years=1947 — 1949