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List of presidents of Southern University

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This is a list of presidents of Southern University and A&M College in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. It was designated as a land grant college in 1890, to serve black students in the state. It added Agricultural and Mechanical College to its title. In 1914 it relocated to Scotlandville, Louisiana in East Baton Rouge Parish, where the state had bought several hundred acres to support the new campus and its agricultural program.

President Term
Dr. Joseph S. Clark 1914–1938
Dr. Felton G. Clark 1938–1969
Dr. G. Leon Netterville 1969–1974
Dr. Jesse N. Stone, Jr. 1974–1985
Dr. Joffre T. Whisenton 1985–1988
Dr. Dolores R. Spikes* 1988–1996
Dr. Leon R. Tarver II 1997–2005
Dr. Edward Jackson, (interim) 2005–2006
Dr. Ralph Slaughter 2006–2009
Dr. Ronald Mason Jr. 2010–2015
Dr. Ray Belton 2015–2022
Dr. Dennis J. Shields 2022–present
*First female head of any college system in the U.S.

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