Jacob Lorenzo Reddix (1897–1973) was an American educator, academic administrator, and memoirist.
[2] He was nicknamed "the Builder" for his support for new campus buildings at Jackson State College.
[1] Jacob Lorenzo Reddix was born on March 2, 1897, in Vancleave, Mississippi.
[1] After college he worked as a schoolteacher and for the United States Postal Service, before starting graduate school at University of Chicago though a Rosenwald fellowship.
[1] Reddix did not support 1960s civil rights movement activism on campus, which drew criticism by students.