Robert L. Randolph

From 1958 to 1965, Randolph worked at Springfield College. He rose from instructor to associate professor and was department chair from 1960 to 1963. From 1960 to 1964, he was also the college's director of evening and summer schools.^[1] Randolph worked in the federal government the Presidency of Lyndon B. Johnson. From 1965 to 1967, he was the deputy associate director of Job Corps.^[1] He then served as a senior compliance officer for the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.^[3] In 1969, Randolph became the executive vice president of Chicago State University.^[1]

On May 10, 1973, Randolph was named president of Westfield State College in Westfield, Massachusetts. He was the first African-American to serve as president of a Massachusetts state college and the fourth in the nation to head a predominately white college.^[4] In April 1978, he received an 88–12 no confidence vote from the school's faculty.^[5] Later that year, he was reassigned to the position of vice chancellor for special affairs in the Massachusetts state college system.^[6]

In 1981, Randolph was named president of Alabama State University.^[7] He resigned for personal reasons in 1983.^[8] That fall, he became a professor of economics at the University of Montevallo.^[1] His final job in education was at the State Community College of East Saint Louis, where he was interim president from 1993 to 1995.^[9]

Randolph retired to Harwich, Massachusetts, where he had a vacation home for many years. He worked for the Housing Assistance Corporation in Hyannis, Massachusetts and was a member of the Cape Cod Commission. He died on April 11, 2003, at Cape Cod Hospital after a long illness.^[10]

Academic offices
Preceded by Leonard J. Savignano	President of Westfield State College 1973–1978	Succeeded by Francis J. Pilecki
Preceded by Levi Watkins Sr.	President of Alabama State University 1981–1983	Succeeded by Leon Howard