Benjamin F. Hubert
Encyclopedia
Benjamin Franklin Hubert (December 25, 1884 – April 29, 1958) served as president of Georgia State Industrial College for Colored Youth and Georgia State College from 1926 until 1947.
as president of the college in 1926. Hubert came to the college from Tuskegee Institute in Tuskegee, Alabama
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Under his leadership the college became a full-time degree-granting institution as the high school and normal programs were disestablished. The school also became a full member institution of the University System of Georgia in 1932 and the name was changed to Georgia State College that same year.
President
Hubert succeeded Cyrus G. WileyCyrus G. Wiley
Cyrus Gilbert Wiley served as president of Georgia State Industrial College for Colored Youth from 1921 and until 1926 succeeding Richard R. Wright.-President:...
as president of the college in 1926. Hubert came to the college from Tuskegee Institute in Tuskegee, Alabama
Tuskegee, Alabama
Tuskegee is a city in Macon County, Alabama, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 11,846 and is designated a Micropolitan Statistical Area. Tuskegee has been an important site in various stages of African American history....
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Under his leadership the college became a full-time degree-granting institution as the high school and normal programs were disestablished. The school also became a full member institution of the University System of Georgia in 1932 and the name was changed to Georgia State College that same year.
Legacy
The Benjamin F. Hubert Technical Science Center on the university's campus houses the school's chemistry, computer science, and engineering departments and classrooms.Suggested Reading
- Hall, Clyde W (1991). One Hundred Years of Educating at Savannah State College, 1890-1990. East Peoria, Ill.:Versa Press.