Reuben Shannon Lovinggood

Reuben Shannon Lovinggood (May 2, 1864 – December 17, 1916), was an American newspaper editor, classical scholar, educator, and college president. He served as the third president of Samuel Huston College (now known as Huston-Tillotson University) from 1900 to 1916. He was the editor and partial owner of the Atlanta Times newspaper from 1890 to 1892. Lovinggood was a professor of Latin and Greek courses from 1895 until 1900 at Wiley College in Marshall, Texas. He was an active member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

His son was Penman Lovingood, a composer and memoir writer; who authored the book about his father, Negro Seer: The Life and Work of Dr. R.S. Lovingood [sic] Educator, Churchman, Race Leader (1963).