Quick Facts
Biography
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.
Biography
President
Hubert succeeded Cyrus G. Wiley as president of the college in 1926. Hubert came to the college from Tuskegee Institute in Tuskegee, Alabama.
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.