Ray Belton
{{short description|American academic administrator|bot=PearBOT 5}}
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| term_start = 2015
| term_end = 2022
| predecessor = Ronald Mason Jr.
| successor = Dennis J. Shields
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| alma_mater = Southern University
University of Nebraska
University of Texas at Austin
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| spouse = Norma Belton
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Ray Belton is an American academic administrator. He served as the president-chancellor of Southern University, a historically black public university in Baton Rouge, Louisiana from 2015-2022.
Early life
Belton graduated from Southern University, where he earned a bachelor's degree.{{cite news |title=Belton In as Southern President |url=http://diverseeducation.com/article/73773/ |accessdate=June 16, 2018 |work=Diverse: Issues in Higher Education |date=June 14, 2015}} He earned a master's degree in counseling from the University of Nebraska and a Ph.D. in educational administration from the University of Texas at Austin.
Career
Belton began his career in academia as an assistant professor at his alma mater, Southern University.{{cite news |last1=Samuels |first1=Diana |title=Ray Belton named new chancellor and president of Southern University |url=https://www.nola.com/education/baton-rouge/index.ssf/2015/06/ray_belton_southern_universit.html |accessdate=June 16, 2018 |work=The Times-Picayune |date=June 12, 2015}}
Belton served as the chancellor of the Southern University at Shreveport from 2000 to 2015. Under his leadership, "enrollment [...] increased by 156 percent and graduation rates have doubled."
Since 2015, Belton has served as the president-chancellor of Southern University in Baton Rouge.{{cite news |last1=Crisp |first1=Elizabeth |title=Southern University leader Belton optimistic about the future |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/128162790/?terms=%22Ray%2BBelton%22 |accessdate=June 16, 2018 |work=The Town Talk |location=Alexandria, Louisiana |date=September 19, 2015|page=A5|via=Newspapers.com|url-access=registration }}
Personal life
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