Felton Grandison Clark

Felton Grandison Clark (October 13, 1903 – July 5, 1970) was an African-American academic administrator from Louisiana. He served as the president of Southern University (SU), a historically black university and land-grant college in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, from 1938 to 1969. During this period, he led decades of expansion that resulted in the number of students increasing from 1,500 to over 11,000. By the time of his retirement, SU had grown to be America's largest historically black university by enrollment.

Early life Clark was born on October 13, 1903, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. His father, Joseph Samuel Clark, was the president of Southern University (SU) from 1914 to 1938.

Clark graduated from Beloit College, where he earned a bachelor's degree in 1922. He did graduate work at Columbia University, where he earned a master's degree in 1925 and a PhD in 1933.

Other activities Clark served on the editorial board of the Journal of Negro Education. Felton Grandison Clark Hall, informally called Grandison Hall, is a dormitory on the SU campus that was renovated in 1991 and named for him.