Career
Doctor Rayburn was the eighth president of Savannah State College. His administration implemented the Desegregation Plan mandated by the Georgia Board of Regents and he led the institution through the first major building program since the 1970s. Buildings on the current campus completed during his term include the marine biology complex, the Jordan College of Business Administration, the president’s house (later named William East Gardner Hall), and the Harris-McDew Health Services Center.
Doctor Rayburn resigned in 1988 to become president of Lincoln University in Jefferson City, Missouri.
