Raymond Benjamin Culver (July 11, 1887 – June 7, 1938)[1][2] was a Baptist educator in the United States and the fourth president of Shimer College.

[3] He received a bachelor of music from Linfield College in Oregon, in 1914, where he was president of the student body.

Culver had been sought unsuccessfully by two other colleges, and was chosen by the Search Committee of the board of trustees.

[4] Culver was successful as a fundraiser and promoter, obtaining a $15,000 gift from the Bennett family for the physical plant and starting a "Shimer College Half Hour" on the Rockford, Illinois radio station WROK.

[4] In his 1937 annual report, Culver articulated five goals: promotion of the college, formation of a National Alumnae Association, increasing enrollment, improving the physical plant, and revising and integrating the curriculum.