Ray Belton

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. He earned a master's degree in counseling from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln and a Ph.D. in educational administration from the University of Texas at Austin.

Belton served as the chancellor of the Southern University at Shreveport from 2000 to 2015.

Personal life Belton is married to Norma Belton.