Robert Michael Franklin Jr.

Robert Franklin
10th President of Morehouse College
In office
July 1, 2007 – July 1, 2012
Preceded byWalter E. Massey
Succeeded byJohn Silvanus Wilson
Personal details
Born (1954-02-22) February 22, 1954 (age 70)
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
SpouseCheryl Goffney
Children3
EducationMorehouse College (BA)
Harvard University (M.Div.)
University of Chicago (Ph.D.)

Robert Michael Franklin Jr. (born February 22, 1954) is an American author, theologian, ordained minister, and academic administrator who served as the tenth president of Morehouse College from 2007 to 2012. Franklin is a visiting scholar in residence at Stanford University's Martin Luther King Jr. Research and Education Institute. In January 2014, he became director of the religion program at the Chautauqua Institution.