Reuben Shannon Lovinggood (May 2, 1864 – December 17, 1916), was an American newspaper editor, classical scholar, educator, and college president.

[3][4] He served as the third president of Samuel Huston College (now known as Huston-Tillotson University) from 1900 to 1916.

[1][2] He was the editor and partial owner of the Atlanta Times newspaper from 1890 to 1892.

[1] Lovinggood was a professor of Latin and Greek courses from 1895 until 1900 at Wiley College in Marshall, Texas.

[2] His son Penman Lovingood became a composer and memoir writer; who authored the book about his father, Negro Seer: The Life and Work of Dr. R.S.