Wendell G. Rayburn

Wendell G. Rayburn

Infobox University Chancellor
name = Dr. Wendell G. Rayburn


caption =
order = President
university = Savannah State College
term_start = 1980
term_end = 1988
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death_date =
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predecessor = Prince A. Jackson Jr.
successor = William E. Gardner Jr.
alma_mater =
residence =
profession = educator
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footnotes =|Dr. Wendell G. Rayburn served as president of Savannah State College from 1980 and until 1988. citeweb|title=SSU - Where Savannah Meets the Sea...|url=http://webpages.charter.net/ssuatl/history.htm|accessdate=2008-08-31]

Biography

Education

Early career

President

Dr. Rayburn was the eighth president of Savannah State College.

His administration implemented the Desegregation Plan mandated by the Georgia Board of Regents and he led the institution through the first major building program since the 1970s. Buildings on the current campus completed during his term include the marine biology complex, the Jordan College of Business Administration, the president’s house (later named William E. Gardner Hall), and the Harris-McDew Health Services Center.

Dr. Rayburn resigned in 1988 to become president of Lincoln University in Jefferson City, Missouri.

Legacy

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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Savannah State College
years=1980 — 1988


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