Robert Benjamin Hayes

Robert Benjamin Hayes
Robert Benjamin Hayes
8th President of George R. Smith College
	In office; 1916–1925
Preceded by	Matthew Simpson Davage
Personal details
Born	May 13, 1876; Navasota, Texas, U.S.
Died	?
Spouse	Hattie P. Melton
Children	5
Alma mater	Baker University
Occupation	Educator, academic administrator, college president

Robert Benjamin Hayes (May 13, 1876–?)[1] was an American educator, academic administrator and college president.[2] He headed Philander Smith College's natural science department, and served as the president of George R. Smith College from 1916 until 1925.[3][4]

Biography

Robert Benjamin Hayes was born on May 13, 1876, in Navasota, Texas, to African American parents Laura (née Clayton) and Lucius Hayes.[1] He studied at public elementary and secondary schools in Chetopa, Kansas, and Guthrie, Oklahoma.[1] He was the first Black child to attend high school in the Oklahoma Territory.[4]

Hayes graduated with a bachelor of philosophy degree (1903), and master of arts degree (1903) from Baker University in Baldwin, Kansas.[1][4][5]

He headed Philander Smith College's natural science department from 1903 until 1916.[1][4] Hayes served as the president of George R. Smith College, from 1916 until 1925.[4][6] Under his leadership, students from George R. Smith College participated in the State Constitutional Convention of Missouri.[4] Starting in 1925 after George R. Smith College burned down, he served as the Dean of New Orleans University.[4][6]

He married Hattie P. Melton in 1909, and together they had five children.[1][4]

References

Mathers, Frank Lincoln, ed. (1915). Who's Who of the Colored Race: A General Biographical Dictionary of Men and Women of African Descent. Vol. 1. p. 133.
"The Christian Educator: A Quarterly Magazine of Facts". Board of Education for Negroes of the Methodist Episcopal Church. February 18, 1916 – via Google Books.
Stowell, Jay Samuel (February 18, 1922). Methodist Adventures in Negro Education. Methodist book concern. pp. 143–144. ISBN 9781461140627 – via Google Books.
Who's Who in Colored America. Vol. 1. Who's Who in Colored America Corporation. 1927. p. 243.
"Alumni record of Baker University : including an account of the principal events in the first twenty-five years of the history of the college, with a roster of the trustees and the faculty, and their offices". Baldwin City, Kan. : [Baker University]. February 18, 1917 – via Internet Archive.
Seventy Years of Service: New Orleans University. Faculty of New Orleans University. 1935. p. 40.

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[:0-1] Mathers, Frank Lincoln, ed. (1915). Who's Who of the Colored Race: A General Biographical Dictionary of Men and Women of African Descent. Vol. 1. p. 133.

[2] "The Christian Educator: A Quarterly Magazine of Facts". Board of Education for Negroes of the Methodist Episcopal Church. February 18, 1916 – via Google Books.

[3] Stowell, Jay Samuel (February 18, 1922). Methodist Adventures in Negro Education. Methodist book concern. pp. 143–144. ISBN 9781461140627 – via Google Books.

[:1-4] Who's Who in Colored America. Vol. 1. Who's Who in Colored America Corporation. 1927. p. 243.

[5] "Alumni record of Baker University : including an account of the principal events in the first twenty-five years of the history of the college, with a roster of the trustees and the faculty, and their offices". Baldwin City, Kan. : [Baker University]. February 18, 1917 – via Internet Archive.

[:2-6] Seventy Years of Service: New Orleans University. Faculty of New Orleans University. 1935. p. 40.