Background
Payton, Benjamin Franklin was born on December 27, 1932 in Orangeburg, South Carolina, United States. Son of Leroy Ralph and Sarah (Mack) Payton.
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Benjamin Franklin Payton, American college president. Named South Carolinian of Year, statewide television-Radio, 1972; recipient Billings prize, First Place, Harvard University, 1957, Gold medal award, Napoleon Hill Foundation, 1987, Benjamin E. Mays award, 1988, Centennial Alumnus award, South Carolina State University, 1988.
Education
Bachelor, South Carolina State University, 1955. Bachelor's Degree (Danforth graduate fellow 1955-1963), Harvard University, 1958. Master of Arts, Columbia University, 1960.
Doctor of Philosophy, Yale University, 1963. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Eastern Michigan University, 1972. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Benedict College, 1972.
Doctor of Letters (honorary), Morgan State University, 1974. Doctor of Letters (honorary), University Maryland, 1987. Doctor of Laws, Morris Brown College, 1975.
Doctor of Laws, Lehigh University, 1990. Doctor of Laws (honorary), South Carolina State University, 2001.
Career
Assistant professor sociology of religion and social ethics, Howard U., Washington
also director, Howard U. (Community Research-Svc. Project, 1963-1965;
executive director department social justice and Commision on Religion and Race, National Council Churches of Christ in United States of America, 1965-1967;
president, Benedict College, Columbia, South Carolina., 1967-1972;
program officer higher education and research, Ford Foundation, 1972-1981;
president, Tuskegee (Alabama) U., since 1981. Member of national review board (Center for Cultural and Technology Exch. between United States and Asia).
Member of commission on Pre-College Education in Mathematics, Science and Technology National Science Foundation. Educational advisor to V.P. George Bush during Seven-Nation Tour of Africa,1982. Team leader United States Presidential Task Force on Agricultural and Economics Development to Zaire.
Board directors AmSouth bank corporation, ITT Corporation, Library. Corporation, Morrisons Health Care, Inc., Praxair, Inc., Ruby Tuesday, Inc., Sonat, Inc.;member visiting committee Department Humanities Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1988-1990. Visiting committee board overseers Harvard University, 1989-1995.
Achievements
Membership
Member national commission on higher education issues American Council Education. Board directors Alabama Shakespeare Festival. Member National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, American Society Scholars, Society for Religion, Higher Education (director), Association Governing Boards (president's advisory council), Phi Beta Kappa, Alpha Phi Alpha, Alpha Kappa Mu, Sigma Pi Phi.
Connections
Married Thelma Louise Plane, November 28, 1959. Children: Mark Steven, Deborah Elizabeth.
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Named South Carolinian of Year, statewide television-Radio, 1972. Recipient Billings prize, First Place, Harvard University, 1957, Gold medal award, Napoleon Hill Foundation, 1987, Benjamin E. Mays award, 1988, Centennial Alumnus award, South Carolina State University, 1988.Named South Carolinian of Year, statewide television-Radio, 1972. Recipient Billings prize, First Place, Harvard University, 1957, Gold medal award, Napoleon Hill Foundation, 1987, Benjamin E. Mays award, 1988, Centennial Alumnus award, South Carolina State University, 1988.