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PRESIDENTS OF HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES
1837 – 2013 (77 of 103 HBCUs; predecessor institution names are in italic)
ALABAMA A & M UNIVERSITY Huntsville, AL
http://www.aamu.edu/
NAME PRESIDENCY
William Hooper Councill 1875-1887
Peter Clark 1887-1888
William Hooper Councill 1888-1909
Walter Solomon Buchanan 1909-1920
Theophilis Robert Parker 1921-1927
Dr. Joseph Fanning Drake 1927-1962
Dr. Richard David Morrison 1962-1984
Dr. Douglas Covington 1984-1987
Dr. Carl Harris Marbury 1987-1989 Interim
Dr. Carl Harris Marbury 1989-1991
Dr. Alan Keyes 1991-1992 Interim
Dr. David Bernard Henson 1992-1995
Dr. Virginia Caples 1995-1996 Interim
Dr. John Thomas Gibson 1996-2005
Dr. Virginia Caples 2005-2006 Interim
Dr. Robert R. Jennings 2006-2008
Dr. Beverly Edmonds 2008-2009 Interim
Dr. Andrew Hugine 2009 -
ALBANY STATE UNIVERSITY Albany, GA
https://mycampus.asurams.edu/web/potentialrealized/home
NAME PRESIDENCY
Dr. Joseph Winthrop Holley 1903 – 1943
Dr. Aaron Brown 1943 – 1954
Dr. William H. Dennis 1954 -1965
Dr. Thomas Miller Jenkins 1965 – 1969
Dr. Charles Leonard Hayes 1969 – 1980
Dr. Billy Charleston Black 1980 – 1996
Dr. Portia Holmes Shields 1996 – 2005
Dr. Julius S. Scott, Jr. 1996, 2005 Interim
Dr. Everette J. Freeman 2005 –
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ALLEN UNIVERSITY Columbia, SC
http://www.allenuniversity.edu/
NAME PRESIDENCY
Rev. J. C. Watts 1881-1885
Joseph W. Morris 1885-1894
Rev. John Q. Johnson 1894-1895
Joseph W. Morris 1895-1887
Rev. William David Chappelle 1897-1899
Rev. David H. Johnson 1899-1904
Rev. William D. Johnson 1904-1908
Rev. David Chappelle 1908-1912
Rev. William W. Beckett 1912-1916
Rev. Robert W. Mance 1916-1924
Rev. David H. Sims 1924-1932
Abram L. Simpson 1932-1937
Eugene Howard McGill 1937-1939
Samuel Richard Higgins 1939-1956
Frank R. Veal 1956-1961
Howard E. Wright 1961-1965
Benjamin J. Glover 1965-1967
James W. Hairston 1967-1973
Benjamin Glover 1973-1976
Ruben S. Turner 1976-1977
Alvis Adair 1977-1977
G. W. Nichols 1979-1981
David W. Williams 1981-1983
Sylvia Swinton 1983-1984 Interim
Collie Coleman 1984-1994
David T. Shannon, Sr. 1994-1997
John K. Waddell 1997-2001
Charles E. Young 2001-2010
Pamela M. Wilson 2010 -
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BARBER-SCOTIA COLLEGE
Concord, NC http://www.b-sc.edu/
NAME PRESIDENCY
Luke Dorland 1867-1885
D.J. Satterfield 1885-1908
A.W. Verner 1908-1922
T.R. Lewis 1922-1929
Myron J. Croker 1929-1932
Leland S. Cozart 1932-1964
Lionel H. Newsom 1964-1966
Jerome L. Gresham 1966-1974
Mable Parker McLean 1974-1988
Tyrone L. Burkette 1988-1989
Lionel H. Newsom 1989-1990 Interim
Gus T. Ridgel 1990 Interim
Joel 0. Nwagbaraocha 1990-1994
Asa T. Spaulding Jr. 1994
Mable Parker McLean 1994-1996
Sammie Potts 1996-2004 Acting
Leon Howard 2004
Gloria Bromell-Tinubu 2004-2006
Mable Parker McLean 2006-2007 Interim
Carl Flamer 2007-2008
David Olah 2008 Acting
David Olah 2008-
BENNETT COLLEGE Greensboro, NC
http://www.bennett.edu/
NAME PRESIDENCY W.J. Parker 1873–1877 Principal
Rev. Edward O. Thayer 1877–1881
Rev. Wilbur F. Steele 1881–1889
Rev. Charles N. Grandison 1889–1892
Dr. Jordan Chavis 1892–1905
Rev. Silas A. Peeler 1905–1913
Prof. James E. Wallace 1913–1915
Rev. Frank Trigg 1915–1926
David Dallas Jones 1926–1955
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Dr. Willa B. Player 1956–1966
Dr. Isaac H. Miller, Jr. 1966–1987
Dr. Gloria Randle Scott 1987–2001
Dr. Althia F. Collins 2001–2002
Dr. Charles Fuget 2002 Interim
Dr. Johnnetta B. Cole 2002–2007
Dr. Julianne Malveaux 2007–2012
Dr. Rosalind Fuse-Hall 2013-
BETHUNE-COOKMAN UNIVERSITY Daytona Beach, FL
http://www.cookman.edu/
NAME PRESIDENCY
Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune 1923-1942
Dr. James A. Colston 1942-1946
Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune 1946-1947
Dr. Richard Vernon Moore 1947-1975
Dr. Oswald Perry Bronson 1975-2004
Dr. Trudie Kibbe-Reed 2004-2012
Dr. Edison O. Jackson 2012-
BLUEFIELD STATE COLLEGE Bluefield, WV
http://bluefieldstate.edu/
NAME PRESIDENCY
Mr. Hamilton Hatter 1895-1906
Mr. Robert P. Sims 1906-1936
Dr. Henry Lake Dickason 1936-1952
Dr. Stephen J. Wright 1952-1957
Dr. Leon Banks Allen 1958-1965
Dr. Wendell G. Hardway 1966-1973
Dr. William Coffindaffer 1973-1975
Dr. J. Wade Gilley 1976-1978
Dr. Gerald O. Dugger 1978-1988
Dr. Gregory A. Adkins 1988-1993
Dr. Robert Moore 1993-2002
Dr. Albert Walker 2002-2011
Dr. Marsha Krotseng 2012-
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BOWIE STATE UNIVERSITY Bowie, MD
http://www.bowiestate.edu/
NAME PRESIDENCY
Mr. Leonard Waterman 1865-1866 Principal
Mr. H. F. Hartwell 1866-1869 Principal
Mr. P. J. Doran 1869-1890 Principal
Mrs. Anne Coore 1870-1872 Principal
Prof. M. H. Newell 1872-1893 Principal
Prof. Alexander Chaplain 1893 Principal
Mr. George Harrison 1893-1911 Principal
Dr. Don Speed Smith Goodloe 1911-1921 Principal
Dr. Leonidas S. James 1921-1938 Principal
Dr. Leonidas S. James 1938-1941
Dr. Joseph Alexander Wiseman 1941-1942 Interim
Dr. William Edward Henry 1942-1967
Dr. Samuel Lloyd Myers 1967-1977
Dr. Edmund C. Mester 1977
Ms. Carolyn Reid-Wallace 1977-1978 (administrator)
Dr. Rufus L. Barfield 1978-1982
Ms. Marcellina Brooks 1983 Acting
Dr. James Lyons Sr. 1983-1992
Dr. Harold Delany 1992-1993 Interim
Dr. Nathanael Pollard 1993-1999
Dr. Wendell Holloway 1999-2000 Interim
Dr. Calvin W. Lowe 2000-2006
Dr. Patricia Pierce Ramsey 2006 Interim
Dr. Mickey L. Burnim 2006-
CHEYNEY UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA Cheney, PA
http://www.cheyney.edu/
NAME PRESIDENCY Religious Society of Friends 1837 Managers
Isaac and Ann Jones 1840 Supervisors
Joseph and Rachel Healy 1843 Supervisors
Caleb and Hannah Cope 1845 Supervisors
Charles L. Reason 1852-1856 Principal
Ebenezer D. C. Bassett 1856-1869 Principal
Frances Jackson Coppin 1869-1902 Principal
Hugh M. Browne 1902-1913 Principal
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Leslie Pinckney Hill 1913-1951 Principal & 1st President
James Henry Duckrey 1951-1965
Leroy Banks Allen 1965-1968
Wade Wilson 1968-1981
C. T. Enus Wright 1982-1985
LeVerne McCummings 1985-1991
Valarie Swaine-Cade McCoullum 1991-1992 Interim
H. Douglas Covington 1992-1995
W. Clinton Pettus 1996-2003
Wallace C. Arnold 2004-2007 Interim
Michelle Howard-Vital 2007-
CLAFLIN UNIVERSITY Orangeburg, SC
http://www.claflin.edu/
NAME PRESIDENCY Dr. Alonzo Webster 1869-1874
Dr. Edward Cooke 1874-1884
Dr. Lewis M. Dunton 1884-1922
Dr. Joseph B. Randolph 1922-1945
Dr. John J. Seabrook 1945-1955
Dr. Hubert V. Manning 1956-1984
Dr. Oscar A. Rogers 1984-1994
Dr. Henry N. Tisdale 1994-
CLARK ATLANTA UNIVERSITY Atlanta, GA
http://www.cau.edu/
NAME PRESIDENCY
Dr. Thomas W. Cole, Jr. 1989-2002
Dr. Walter D. Broadnax 2002-2008
Dr. Carlton E. Brown 2008-
Atlanta University
NAME PRESIDENCY
Rev. Edmund Asa Ware 1869-1885
Prof. Thomas H. Chase 1885-1886 Acting
Prof. Horace Bumstead 1886-1887 Acting
Rev. Cyrus W. Francis 1887-1888 Acting
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Prof. Horace Bumstead 1888-1907
Rev. Edward Twitchell Ware 1907-1922
Dr. Myron Adams 1922-1923 Acting
Dr. Myron Adams 1923-1929
Dr. John Hope 1929-1936
Miss Florence Read 1936-1937 Acting
Dr. Rufus E. Clement 1937-1967
Dr. Thomas D. Jarrett 1967-1968 Acting
Dr. Thomas D. Jarrett 1968-1977
Dr. Cleveland L. Dennard 1977-1983
Dr. Kofi Bota 1983-1984 Acting
Dr. Luther S. Williams 1984-1987
Dr. Dorcas D. Bowles 1987-1988 Acting
Dr. Thomas W. Cole, Jr. 1988-1989
Clark College
NAME PRESIDENCY
Rev. D.W. Hammond 1869-1870
Mr. Uriah Cleary 1870-1871
Rev. I. Marcy 1871-1872
Rev. James W. Lee 1872-1874
Rev. Isaac J. Lansing 1874-1876
Rev. J.B. Martin 1876-1877
Rev. R.E. Bisbee 1877-1881
Dr. E. O. Thayer 1881-1890
Rev. William H. Hickman 1890-1893
Rev. David Clark John 1893-1896
Dr. Wilbur P. Thirkield 1896-1897 Acting
Dr. Charles Manly Melden 1896-1897
Dr. William Henry Crogman 1903-1910
Rev. S.E. Idleman 1910-1912
Rev. William W. Foster 1912-1915
Rev. Harry Andrews King 1915-1923
Rev.John Wesley Simmons 1923-1924
Dr. Matthew Simpson Davage 1923-1924
Dr. James P. Brawley 1940-1941 Acting
Dr. James P. Brawley 1941-1965
Dr. Vivian W. Henderson 1965-1976
Dr. Charles Knight 1976-1977 Acting
Dr. Winfred Harris 1987-1988 Acting
Dr. Thomas W. Cole, Jr. 1988-1989
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CLINTON JUNIOR COLLEGE Rock Hill, SC
http://www.clintonjuniorcollege.edu/
NAME PRESIDENCY
Robert Crockett 1894-1908
Robert James Boulware 1908-1931
James Stephen Standback 1931-1937
C. T. Hinton 1937-1940 Interim
Edward Warner Brice 1940-1942
E. P. Gist 1942 Interim
James W. Shaw 1942-1946
W. J. Campbell 1946 Interim
Booker T. Medford 1946 Interim
Sallie W. Moreland 1946-1994
Cynthia McClullough Russell 1994-2001
Elaine Johnson Copeland 2001-
COAHOMA COMMUNITY COLLEGE Clarksdale, MS
http://www.coahomacc.edu/
NAME PRESIDENCY
Mr. Benjamin Franklin McLaurin 1949-1966
Mr. James Earl Miller 1966-1979
Dr. McKinley Charles Martin 1980-1992
Dr. Vivian Mathews Presley 1992-2013
Dr. Valmadge T. Towner 2013 -
CONCORDIA COLLEGE Selma, AL
http://www.ccal.edu/
NAME PRESIDENCY
Dr. Robert O. L. Lynn 1922-1932
Rev. Edward A. Westcott, Sr. 1934-1945
Rev. Dr. Walter Ellwanger 1945-1963
Prof. Varnes J. Stringer 1964-1966 Acting
Dr. Paul Elbrecht 1966-1970
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Dr. Peter R. Hunt 1970-1971 Acting
Dr. Willis L. Wright 1971-1980
Rev. Dr. Julius Jenkins 1980-2007
Rev. Dr. McNair Ramsey 2007-2010 Interim
Rev. Dr. Tilahun M. Mendedo 2010-
COPPIN STATE UNIVERSITY Baltimore, MD
http://www.coppin.edu/
NAME PRESIDENCY
Dr. Miles Washington Connor 1926-1950 Principal
Dr. Miles Washington Connor 1950-1956
Dr. Parlett Longworth Moore 1956-1970
Dr. Calvin Wilkes Burnett 1970-2003
Dr. Stanley Fred Battle 2003-2007
Dr. Sadie Randolph Gregory 2007-2008 Interim
Dr. Reginald Stanley Avery 2008-2012
Dr. Mortimer Neufville 2013 Interim
DELAWARE STATE UNIVERSITY Dover, DE
http://www.desu.edu/
NAME PRESIDENCY
Mr. Wesley P. Webb 1891-1895
Dr. William C. Jason 1895-1923
Dr. Richard S. Grossley 1923-1942
Dr. Howard D. Gregg 1942-1949
Dr. Maurice E. Thomasson 1949-1950 Acting
Dr. Oscar J. Chapman 1950-1951
Dr. Maurice E. Thomasson 1951-1953 Acting
Dr. Jerome H. Holland 1953-1960
Dr. Luna I. Mishoe 1960-1987
Dr. William B. DeLauder 1987-2003
Dr. Allen L. Sessoms 2003-2008
Dr. Claibourne D. Smith 2008-2009 Acting
Dr. Harry L. Williams 2009 -
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DILLARD UNIVERSITY New Orleans, LA
http://www.dillard.edu
Names Presidency
Will W. Alexander 1935-1936 Acting
William Stuart Nelson 1936-1940
Albert Dent 1941-1969
Broadus N. Butler 1969-1973
Myron F. Wicke 1973-1974 Acting
Samuel DuBois Cook 1974-1997
Michael L. Lomax 1997-2004
Bettye Parker Smith 2004-2005 Acting
Marvalene Hughes 2005-2011
James E. Lyons, Sr. 2011–2012 Interim
Walter M. Kimbrough 2012-
EDWARD WATERS COLLEGE Jacksonville, FL
http://www.ewc.edu/
NAME PRESIDENCY
Rev. William P. Ross 1885-1886
Rev. J. C. Waters 1886-1888
Rev. J. H. Welch 1888-1890
Prof. B. W. Arnett 1890-1892
Rev. J. R. Scott, Jr. 1892-1895
Rev. D. J. Jordan 1895-1896
Rev. J. P. O. Wallace 1896-1897
Rev. J. L. H. Watkins 1897-1898
Prof. A. St. George Richardson 1898-1909
Rev. A. Henry Attaway 1909-1913
Rev. John A. Gregg 1913-1920
Prof. John C. Wright 1920-1924
Rev. A. B. Cooper 1924-1930
Rev. C. A. Gibbs 1930-1932
Rev. L. F. Morse 1932-1934
Prof. C. S. Long, Jr. 1934-1940
Dr. Howard D. Gregg 1940-1942
Rev. R. E. Lamb 1942-1946
Rev. A. J. White 1946-1951
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Dr. W. B. Stewart 1951-1972
Dr. Paul J. Driver 1972-1973 Acting
Dr. Samuel Tucker 1973-1976
Dr. Cecil Cone 1977-1990
Dr. Robert Mitchell 1990-1995
Dr. Jessie Burns 1995-1997
Dr. Jimmy R. Jenkins, Sr. 1997-2004
Dr. Oswald P. Bronson, Sr. 2004-2007
Dr. Claudette Williams 2007-2010
Mr. Nathaniel Glover 2010 -
ELIZABETH CITY STATE UNIVERSITY Elizabeth City, NC
http://www.ecsu.edu/
Name Presidency
Peter Wedderick Moore 1891-1928 Principal
John Henry Bias 1928-1939
Harold Leonard Trigg 1939-1945
Sidney David Williams 1946-1958
Walter Nathaniel Ridley 1958-1968
Marion Dennis Thorpe 1968-1972
Marion Dennis Thorpe 1972-1983 Chancellor
Jimmy Raymond Jenkins 1983-1995 Chancellor
Mickey Lynn Burnim 1995-2006 Chancellor
Willie James Gilchrist 2007-2013 Chancellor
Charles L. Becton 2013 - Interim Chancellor
FAYETTEVILLE STATE UNIVERSITY Fayetteville, NC
http://www.uncfsu.edu/
Name Presidency
Robert Harris 1867-1880 Principal
Charles W. Chesnutt 1880-1883 Principal
Ezekiel Ezra (E.E.) Smith 1883-1888 Principal
George H. Williams 1888-1895 Principal
Ezekiel Ezra (E.E.) Smith 1895-1898 Principal
Rev. Leonard (Robert) E. Fairley 1898-1899 Principal
Ezekiel Ezra (E.E.) Smith 1899-1933 Principal/President
Dr. J. ward Seabrook 1933-1956
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FISK UNIVERSITY Nashville, TN
http://www.fisk.edu/Home.aspx
Dr. Rudolph Jones 1956-1969
Dr. Charles A. Lyons, Jr. 1969-1987 President/Chancellor
Dr. Lloyd V. Hackley 1988-1994 Chancellor
Dr. Donna J. Benson 1995 Interim Chancellor
Dr. Willis B. McLeod 1995-2003
Dr. T. J. (Thelma Jane) Bryan 2003-2007 Chancellor
Dr. Lloyd V. Hackley 2007-2008 Interim Chancellor
Dr. James A. Anderson 2008- Chancellor
Name Presidency
Erastus Milo Cravath 1875—1900
James Griswold Merrill 1901—1908
George Augustus Gates 1909—1912
Fayette Avery McKenzie 1915—1925
Thomas Elsa Jones 1926—1946
Charles Spurgeon Johnson 1947—1956
Stephen Junius Wright 1957—1966
James Raymond Lawson 1967—1975
Rutherford Hamlet Adkins 1975—1976 Acting
George W. Gore 1976—1977 Acting
Walter Jewell Leonard 1977—1984
Robert Lee Satcher 1984 Interim
Henry Ponder 1984—1996
Rutherford Hamlet Adkins 1996—1997 Interim
Rutherford Hamlet Adkins 1997—1998
Charles William Johnson 1998—1999 Acting
John L. Smith 1999—2001
Carolyn Reid-Wallace 2001—2003
Hazel O’Leary 2004-2012
H. James Williams 2013-
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FLORIDA A & M UNIVERSITY Tallahassee, FL
http://www.famu.edu/
FLORIDA MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY Miami Gardens, FL
http://www.fmuniv.edu/
Name Presidency
Thomas DeSaille Tucker 1887-1901
Nathan B. Young 1901-1923
William A. Howard 1923 Interim
John Robert Edward Lee, Sr. 1924-1944
J.B. Bragg 1944 Interim
William H. Gray, Jr. 1944-1949
H. Manning Efferson 1949 Interim
George W. Gore 1950-1968
Benjamin L. Perry, Jr. 1968-1977
Walter L. Smith 1977-1985
Frederick S. Humphries 1985-2001
Henry L. Lewis III 2002 Interim
Fred Gainous 2002-2004
Castell Vaughn Bryant 2004 Interim
James H. Ammons 2007-2012
Larry Robinson 2012- Interim
Name Presidency
Mr. Nathan W. Collier 1896-1903
Rev. R.H. Hadley 1927-1941
Dr. William H. Gray, Jr. 1942-1944
Dr. John Tilley 1944-1949
Dr. Royal Puryear 1950-1974
Dr. Willie Wright 1975-1976
Dr. Paul Moore 1976-1977
Dr. Willie C. Robinson 1977-1990
Dr. Lee Everett Monroe 1990-1992
Dr. Albert E. Smith 1993-2006
Dr. Karl S. Wright 2006-2009
Dr. Sandra Thompson 2009-2011 Interim
Dr. Henry Lewis lll 2011-2012
Dr. Roslyn Clark Artis 2013- Interim
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GADSDEN STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Gadsden, AL www.gadsdenstate.edu
Name Presidency
Dr. Arthur W. Dennis 1979 - 1986
Mr. Robert Howard 1985 - 1988
Dr. Victor B. Ficker 1988 - 2001
Dr. Renee D. Culverhouse 2001 - 2008
Dr. Valerie Richardson 2008 – 2009 Interim
Dr. Darryl Harrison 2009 – 2011
Dr. Valerie Richardson 2011 – 2011 Interim
Dr. Raymond Staats 2011 -
H. COUNCILL TRENHOLM STATE TECHNICAL COLLEGE Montgomery, AL
http://www.trenholmstate.edu/
Name Presidency
Mr. Lucious W. Smiley 1966 - 1970
Mr. Marion Smiley 1970 - 1981
Dr. Thad C McClammy 1981 - 1995
Mr. Earl Roberson 1995 – 1996 Interim
Dr. Willie Kimmons 1996 Interim
Dr. Leroy Bell 1996 – 1998 Interim
Dr. Clyde W. Williams 1999 – 2000 Interim
Dr. Douglas Littles 2000 – 2000 Interim
Dr. Alma Freeman 2001 – 2001 Interim
Dr. Anthony Molina 2001 – 2007
Mr. Sam Munnerlyn 2007 -
HINDS COMMUNITY COLLEGE-UTICA CAMPUS Jackson, MS
www.hindscc.edu
Name Presidency
Dr. William H. Holtzclaw 1903-1943
Mr. William H. Holtzclaw, Jr. 1943-1946
Mr. J. W. Grantham 1946-1951
Dr. John Dewey Boyd 1951-1957
Dr. Rudolph Waters 1957 Acting
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Dr. Walter Washington 1957-1969
Mr. J. Louis Stokes 1969-1972
Dr. Arthur Kinnard 1972-1974 Acting
Mr. J. Louis Stokes 1974-1982
Dr. George E. Barnes 1981-1982 Acting
Dr. Clyde Muse 1982 –
HOWARD UNIVERSITY Washington, DC www.howard.edu
Name Presidency
Charles Boynton 1867
Rev. Byron Sunderland 1867 - 1869
Ami Lorenzo Barber 1872 Acting
Oliver Otis Howard 1869 - 1874
John Mercer Langston 1973-1972 Acting
George Whipple 1875
Frederick Wyatt Fairfield 1875 Acting
Edward Parmelee Smith 1875 - 1876
Frederick Wyatt Fairfield 1876-1877 Acting
William Weston Patton 1877 - 1889
Jeremiah E. Rankin 1890 - 1903
Teunis S. Hamilin 1903 Acting
John Gordon 1903 - 1905
Frederick Wyatt Fairfield 1906 Acting
Wilbur Patterson Thirkield 1906 - 1912
Stephen Morrell Newman 1912 - 1918
James Stanley Durkee 1918 - 1926
Bishop John A. Gregg 1926
Mordecai Wyatt Johnson 1926 - 1960
James Madison Nabrit, Jr. 1960 -1969
James E Cheek 1969 - 1989
Carlton P. Alexis 1989 -1990 Acting
Franklin G. Jenifer 1990 -1994
Joyce A. Ladner 1994 Acting
Joyce A. Ladner 1995 Interim
H. Patrick Swygert 1995 -2008
Sidney Ribeau 2008 -
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HUSTON-TILLOTSON UNIVERSITY Austin, TX
www.htu.edu
Name Presidency
Dr. Mathew Simpson Davage 1952 – 1955
Dr. John Jarvis Seabrook 1955 – 1965
Dr. John Quill Taylor King, Sr. 1965 – 1988
Dr. Joseph T. McMillan, Jr. 1988 – 2000
Dr. Larry L. Earvin 2000 -
Samuel Huston College
Name Presidency
Dr. George O. Richardson 1876 – 1882
Dr. Thomas M. Dart 1885 – 1888
Dr. Reuben Shannon Lovinggood 1900 – 1916
Dr. J.W. Frazier 1916 – 1917 Interim
Dr. Mathew Simpson Davage 1917 – 1920
Dr. Joseph B. Randolph 1920 – 1923
Bishop Robert N. Brooks 1923 – 1926
Dr. Thomas Russell Davis 1926 – 1930
Bishop Willie J. King 1930 – 1932
Dr. Stanley E. Grannum 1932 – 1943
Dr. Karl Everett Downs 1943 – 1948
Dr. Robert Harrington 1948 – 1952
Tillotson College
Name Presidency
Dr. William E. Brooks 1881 – 1884
Dr. John Kershaw 1884 - 1886
Dr. Henry L. Hubbell 1886 – 1888
Dr. William M. Brown 1888 – 1894
Dr. Winfield S. Goss 1894 – 1896
Dr. Marshall R. Gaines 1896 – 1902
Dr. Arthur W. Partch 1902 – 1905
Dr. Isaac Merritt Agard 1905 – 1918
Dr. Francis Wayland Fletcher 1918 – 1924
Dr. J.T. Hodges 1924 – 1930
Dr. Mary Elizabeth Branch 1930 – 1944
Dr. William H. Jones 1944 – 1952
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INTERDENOMINATIONAL THEOLOGICAL CENTER Atlanta, GA www.itc.edu
Name Presidency
Dr. Harry V. Richardson 1959 - 1968
Dr. Oswald P. Bronson 1968 - 1975
Dr. Grant S. Shockley 1976 - 1979
Dr. James Deotis Roberts 1980 - 1983
Dr. James H. Costen 1983 - 1997
Dr. Robert M. Franklin 1997 - 2002
Dr. Oliver Haney, Jr. 2002 – 2003 Acting
Dr. Michael A. Battle 2003 - 2009
Dr. Thomas Cole 2009 - 2010
Dr. Ronald E. Peters 2010 - 2013
Dr. Edward P. Wimberly 2013- Interim
J.F. DRAKE STATE TECHNICAL COLLEGE
Huntsville, AL
www.dstc.cc.al.us
Name Presidency
Mr. S. C. O’Neal, Sr. 1962-1983
Dr. Johnny L. Harris 1983-2000
Dr. Helen T. McAlpine 2000-
JACKSON STATE UNIVERSITY Jackson, MS
www.jsums.edu
Name Presidency
Dr. Charles Ayer 1877-1894
Dr. Luther G. Barrett 1894-1911
Dr. Zachary T. Hubert 1911-1927
Dr. B. Baldwin Dansby 1927-1940
Dr. Jacob L. Reddix 1940-1967
Dr. John A. Peoples, Jr. 1967-1984
Dr. James A. Hefner 1984-1991
Dr. Herman B. Smith, Jr. 1991-1992 Interim
Dr. James E. Lyons, Sr. 1992-1999
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Dr. Bettye Ward Fletcher 1999-2000 Interim
Dr. Ronald Mason, Jr. 2000-2010
Dr. Leslie Burl McLemore 2010-2011 Interim
Dr. Carolyn W. Meyers 2011-
JARVIS CHRISTIAN COLLEGE Hawkins, TX
www.jarvis.edu
Name Presidency
Dr. James Nelson Ervin 1914-1938
Dr. Peter Clarence Washington 1938-1949
Dr. John Bunyan Eubanks 1951-1953
Dr. Cleo Walter Blackburn 1953-1963
Dr. James Oliver Perpener 1966-1971
Dr. John Paul Jones 1972-1976
Dr. Earl Wadsworth Rand 1976-1979
Dr. Charles Albert Berry 1980-1988
Dr. Julius Franklin Nimmons 1988-1990
Dr. Sebetha Jenkins 1991-2008
Dr. Cornell Thomas 2009-2011
Dr. Lester C. Newman 2012-
JOHNSON C. SMITH UNIVERSITY Charlotte, NC www.jcsu.edu
Name Presidency
Rev. Stephen Mattoon 1870-1884
Rev. William Alexander Holliday 1884-1885
Rev. William F. Johnson 1886-1891
Dr. Daniel Jackson Sanders 1891-1907
Dr. Henry Lawrence McCrorey 1907-1947
Dr. Hardy Liston 1947-1956
Dr. James Ward Seabrook 1956-1957
Dr. Rufus Patterson Perry 1957-1968
Dr. Lionel Hodge Newsom 1968-1972
Dr. Wilbert Greenfield 1973-1982
Dr. Robert L. Albright 1983-1994
Dr. Dorothy Cowser Yancy 1994-2008
Dr. Ronald L. Carter 2008-
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KENTUCKY STATE UNIVERSITY Frankfort, KY
www.kysu.edu
Name Presidency
John Henry Jackson 1886-1898
James Edward Givens 1898 -1900
James Shelton Hathaway 1900-1907
John Henry Jackson 1907-1910
James Shelton Hathaway 1910-1912
Green Pinckney Russell 1912 – 1923
Francis Marion Wood 1923 - 1924
Green Pinckney Russell 1924 - 1929
Rufus Ballard Atwood 1929 - 1962
Carl McClellan Hill 1962-1975
William A. Butts 1975-1982
Raymond Malcolm Burse 1982 -1989
Mary L. Smith 1989 -1990 Acting
John T. Wolfe, Jr. 1990-1991
Mary L. Smith 1991-1998
George Willis Reid 1998-2002
Paul Bibbins 2002 Acting
William Turner 2003 Acting
Mary Evans Sias 2004-
KNOXVILLE COLLEGE
Knoxville, TN
http://www.knoxvillecollege.edu/
Name Presidency
John S. McCulloch 1877-1899
Ralph McGranahan 1899-1918
James Kelley Giffen 1918-1935
Ralph McGranahan 1935-1936 Acting/Interim
Samuel M. Laing 1936-1940
John Adams Cotton 1940-1942
William Lloyd Imes 1942-1947
J. Reed Miller 1947-1950
Donald L. Brush 1950 Acting/Interim
Roscoe D. Case 1950-1951
James Allen Colston 1951-1966
Robert H. Harvey 1966-1967 (Acting or Interim)
Robert Leon Owens 1967-1971
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Hardy Liston 1971-1972 (Acting or Interim)
Edward J. Brantley 1972-1975
Robert H. Harvey 1975-1976 (Acting or Interim)
Rutherford H. Adkins 1976-1981
Clinton Marsh 1981-1985
Robert Shepherd 1985-1987
Joe Boyer 1988
John B. Turner 1990-1993
Peyton Hutchinson 1993-1994 (Acting or Interim)
Lois Stoval Williams 1994-1995
Roland Harris 1995-1997 (Acting or Interim)
Barbara R. Hatton 1997-2005
Robert H. Harvey 2005-2009 Interim
Horace A. Judson 2010- Interim
LANGSTON UNIVERSITY
Langston, OK
www.langston.edu
Name Presidency
Inman Edward Page 1898-1915
Isaac Berry McCutcheon 1915-1916
R. E. Bullitt 1916
John Miller Marquess 1916-1923
I. W. Young 1923-1927
Zachary Taylor Hubert 1927-1931
I. W. Young 1931-1935
J. W. Sanford 1935-1939
Benjamin Franklin Lee 1939
Albert Louis Turner 1940
G. Lamar Harrison 1940-1960
William Henri Hale 1960-1969
William E. Sims 1970-1974
James L. Mosley 1974-1975
Thomas E. English 1975-1977
Samuel J. Tucker 1978
Ernest L. Holloway 1979-2005
Joann W. Haysbert 2005-2011
Henry Ponder 2011-2012
Kent Smith, Jr. 2012-
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LEMOYNE-OWEN COLLEGE Memphis, TN www.loc.edu
Name Presidency
Ms. Lucinda Humphrey 1862-1867 Founder/Teacher
Mr. Joseph H. Barnum 1871-1872 Principal
Dr. D. E. Cottle 1872-1873 Principal
Mr. Andrew J. Steele 1873-1908 Principal
Mr. Ludwig T. Larsen 1908-1915 Principal
Mr. Earl Clippinger 1915-1922 Principal
Ms. Josephine A. Smith 1922-1924 Principal
Mr. E. J. Ortman 1924-1928
Ms. Alma C. Hanson 1928-1929 Acting
Dr. Frank Sweeney 1929-1940
Rev. Fred L. Brownlee 1939-1943
Dr. Hollis F. Price 1943-1970
Odell Horton 1970-1974
Dr. Walter L. Walker 1974-1986
Dr. George A. Owens 1986-1987 Interim
Dr. Irving P. McPhail 1987-1991
Dr. Doris Weathers 1991 Interim
Dr. Burnett Joiner 1991-1995
Management Team 1995-1996 Interim
George R. Johnson 1996-2002
Dr. James Wingate 2002-2006
Dr. Johnnie B. Watson 2006-2008 Interim
Dr. Johnnie B. Watson 2008-
S.A. Owen Junior College later Owen College
Levi Watkins 1954-1959
Dr. Charles L. Dinkins 1959-1968
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LINCOLN UNIVERSITY Oxford, PA
www.lincoln.edu
Name Presidency
John Miller Dickey 1854–1856
John Pym Carter 1856–1861
John Wynne Martin 1861–1865
Isaac Norton Rendall 1865–1906
John Ballard Rendall 1906–1924
Walter Livingston Wright 1924–1926 Acting
William Hallock Johnson 1926–1936
Walter Livingston Wright 1936–1945
Horace Mann Bond 1945–1957
Armstead Otey Grubb 1957–1960 Acting
Donald Charles Yelton 1960–1961 Acting
Marvin Wachman 1961–1969
Bernard Warren Harleston 1970 Acting
Herman Russell Branson 1970–1985
Donald Leopold Mullett 1985–1987 Acting
Niara Sudarkasa 1987–1998
James Donaldson 1998–1999 Acting
Ivory V. Nelson 1999–2011
Robert R. Jennings 2011–
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LINCOLN UNIVERSITY Jefferson City, MO
http://www.lincolnu.edu/
Name Presidency
Richard Baxter Foster 1866-1870 Principal
W. B. Payne 1870-1871 Principal
Rev. Henry Smith 1871-1875 Principal
Samuel T. Mitchell 1875-1878 Principal
Rev. Henry Smith 1879 Principal
A.C. Clayton 1879-1880 Principal
Inman E. Page 1880-1898
John H. Jackson 1898-1901
James H. Garnett 1901 Interim
John Wesley Daniel 1901 Interim
Edward E. Clarke 1902
Benjamin F. Allen 1902-1918
Clement Richardson 1918-1922
Inman E. Page 1922-1923
Nathan B. Young 1923-1927
William B. Jason 1927 Acting
William B. Jason 1928-1929
Nathan B. Young 1929-1931
Charles W. Florence 1931-1937
William B. Jason 1937-1938 Acting
Sherman Dana Scruggs 1938-1956
Earl Edgar Dawson 1956-1969
Walter C. Daniel 1969-1972
William G. Brooks 1972-1973 Interim
James Frank 1973-1982
John Chavis 1982 Interim
Thomas Miller Jenkins 1984-1986
John Chavis 1986-1987 Interim
Henry Givens, Jr. 1987 Chief Executive Administrator
Norman P. Auburn 1987 Acting
Wendell G. Rayburn 1988-1996
Donald L. Mullett 1996 Interim
David B. Henson 1997-2005
Carolyn Mahoney 2005-2012
Connie Hamacher 2012-2013 Interim
Kevin Rome 2013-
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LIVINGSTONE COLLEGE Salisbury, NC
http://www.livingstone.edu/
Name Presidency
Dr. Joseph Charles Price 1882-1893
Dr. William Harvey Goler 1893-1917
Dr. Daniel Cato Suggs 1917-1925
Dr. William J. Trent, Sr. 1925-1958
Dr. John H. Brockett, Jr. 1957-1958 Interim
Dr. Samuel E. Duncan 1958-1968
Dr. Victor Julius Tulane 1968-1969 Interim
Dr. F. George Shipman 1968-1982
Dr. James W. Young 1982-1983
Dr. William H. L. Greene 1983-1987
Dr. Ozell K. Beatty 1988
Dr. Bernard W. Franklin 1989-1995
Dr. Roy D. Hudson 1995-1996 Interim
Dr. Burnett W. Joiner 1996-2000
Dr. Albert J.D. Aymer 2000-2001 Interim
Dr. Algeania Warren Freeman 2001-2004
Dr. Catrelia Steele Hunter 2004-2006 Interim
Dr. Jimmy R. Jenkins, Sr. 2006 -
MEHARRY MEDICAL COLLEGE Nashville, TN
www.mmc.edu
Name Presidency
Dr. George W. Hubbard 1876-1921
Dr. John Mullowney 1921-1938
Dr. Edward L. Turner 1938-1944
Dr. M. Don Clawson 1945-1950
Interim Committee 1951-1952 Interim Committee
Dr. Harold D. West 1952-1966
Interim Committee 1966-1968 Interim Committee
Dr. Lloyd C. Elam 1968-1981
Dr. Richard Lester 1981-1982
Dr. David Satcher 1982-1993
Dr. Henry Foster 1994 Acting
Dr. John Maupin 1994-2006
A. Cherrie Epps 2006 Interim
Dr. Wayne Riley 2007-2013
Dr. A. Cherrie Epps 2013- Interim
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MILES COLLEGE Fairfield, AL
www.miles.edu
Name Presidency
James A. Bray 1907-1912
William A. Bell 1912-1913
John Wesley Gilbert 1913–1914
George A. Payne 1914–1918
Robert T. Brown 1918–1922
George L. Word 1922–1926
Mack P. Burley 1926–1931
Brooks Dickens 1931–1936
William A. Bell 1936–1961
Lucius H. Pitts 1961–1971
W. Clyde Williams 1971–1986
Leroy Johnson 1986–1989
Albert J. H. Sloan, II 1989–2005
George T. French, Jr 2005-
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY Itta Bena, MS
www.mvsu.edu
Name Presidency
Dr. James H. White 1950–1971
Dr. Earnest A. Boykins 1971–1981
Dr. Nathaniel Boclair 1981–1982 Acting
Dr. Joe L. Boyer 1982–1988
Dr. Nathaniel Boclair 1988 Acting
Dr. Williams W. Sutton 1988–1998
Dr. Lester C. Newman 1998–2007
Dr. Roy C. Hudson 2007–2008 Interim
Dr. Donna H. Oliver 2009- 2012
Dr. Alfred Rankins Jr. 2012 - Acting
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MOREHOUSE COLLEGE Atlanta, GA
www.morehouse.edu
Name Presidency
Rev. Dr. Joseph T. Robert 1871-1884
Prof. David Foster Estes 1884-1885 Acting
Dr. Samuel Graves 1885-1890
Dr. George Sale 1890-1906
Dr. John Hope 1906-1931
Dr. Samuel H. Archer 1931-1937
Dr. Charles D. Hubert 1937-1940 Acting
Dr. Benjamin E. Mays 1940-1967
Dr. Hugh M. Gloster 1967-1987
Dr. Leroy Keith 1987-1994
Dr. Wiley A. Perdue 1994-1995 Acting
Dr. Walter E. Massey 1995-2007
Dr. Robert M. Franklin 2007-2012
Dr. John Silvanus Wilson 2012-
MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE Atlanta, GA
www.msm.edu
Name Presidency
Dr. Louis W. Sullivan 1981-1989
Dr. James Goodman 1989-1992
Dr. Nelson McGhee 1992-1993 Interim
Dr. Louis W. Sullivan 1993-2002
Dr. James R. Gavin, III 2002-2004
Dr. David Satcher 2004-2006
Dr. John E. Maupin 2006 -
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MORGAN STATE UNIVERSITY
Baltimore, MD
www.morgan.edu
Name Presidency
Rev. J. Emory Round 1872-1882
Dr. W. Maslin Frysinger 1882-1888
Dr. Francis J. Wagner 1888-1901
Dr. Charles Edmund Young 1901-1902 Acting
Dr. John O. Spencer 1902-1937
Dr. Dwight O. W. Holmes 1937-1948
Dr. Martin D. Jenkins 1948-1970
Dr. Thomas P. Fraser 1970-1971 Interim
Dr. King Vergil Cheek 1971-1974
Dr. Thomas P. Fraser 1974-1975 Interim
Dr. Andrew Billingsley 1975-1984
Dr. Earl S. Richardson 1984 Interim
Dr. Earl S. Richardson 1984-2010
Dr. David Wilson 2010-
MORRIS BROWN COLLEGE Atlanta, GA
www.morrisbrown.edu
Name Presidency
Mrs. Mary E. McCree 1885-1886 Principal
Mrs. Alice D. Carey 1886-1887 Principal
Rev. E. W. Lee 1887-1888 Principal
Prof. A. St. George Richardson 1888-1892 Principal
Prof. A. St. George Richardson 1892-1896
Rev. James M. Henderson 1896-1904
Rev. Joseph Simeon Flipper 1904-1908
Rev. E.W. Lee 1908-1911
Rev. William Alfred Fountain, Sr. 1911-1920
Rev. John H. Lewis 1920-1928
Rev. William Alfred Fountain, Jr. 1928-1950
Rev. Edward C. Mitchell 1950-1951 Acting
Rev. John H. Lewis 1951-1958
Dr. Frank Cunningham 1958-1965
Dr. John A. Middleton 1965-1973
Dr. Robert Threatt 1973-1984
Dr. Calvert Smith 1984-1992
Dr. Herman Smith 1992-1993
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Dr. Samuel D. Jolley, Jr. 1993-1997
Dr. Gloria Anderson 1998-1999 Acting
Dr. Delores Cross 1999-2002
Dr. Reginald Lindsey 2002 Acting
Dr. Charles E. Taylor 2002-2003
Dr. Leroy Frazier 2003-2004 Acting
Dr. Samuel D. Jolley, Jr. 2004-2006
Dr. Gloria Anderson 2006-2007 Acting
Dr. Stanley J. Pritchett, Sr. 2007-
MORRIS COLLEGE
Sumter, SC
http://www.morris.edu/
Name Presidency
Dr. Edward M. Brawley 1908-1912
Dr. John J. Starks 1912-1930
Dr. Ira David Pinson 1930-1939
Dr. James P. Garrick 1939-1946
Dr. Henry H. Butler 1946-1948
Dr. Jeff W. Boykin 1948 Acting
Dr. Odell R. Reuben 1948-1970
Dr. Henry E. Hardin 1970-1971 Interim Committee Chair
Dr. Henry E. Hardin 1971-1972 Acting
Dr. Henry E. Hardin 1972-1973
Dr. J. W. Taylor 1973-1974 Interim Committee Chair
Dr. Luns C. Richardson 1974-
NORFOLK STATE UNIVERSITY Norfolk, VA
www.nsu.edu
Name Presidency
Mr. Samuel F. Scott 1935-1938
Dr. Lyman B. Brooks 1938-1975
Dr. Harrison B. Wilson 1975-1997
Dr. Marie V. McDemmond 1997-2005
Dr. Alvin Schexnider 2005-2006 Interim
Dr. Carolyn W. Meyers 2006-2010
Dr. Kim Luckes 2010-2011 Interim
Dr. Tony Atwater 2011-
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NORTH CAROLINA A & T STATE UNIVERSITY
Greensboro, NC
www.ncat.edu
Name Presidency
John O. Crosby 1892-1896
James B. Dudley 1896-1925
Ferdinand D. Bluford 1925-1955
Warmoth T. Gibbs 1955-1960
Samuel D. Proctor 1960-1964
Lewis C. Dowdy 1964-1980 President/Chancellor
Cleon F. Thompson 1980-1981 Interim Chancellor
Edward B. Fort 1981-1999 Chancellor
James C. Renick 1999-2006 Chancellor
Lloyd V. Hackley 2006-2007 Interim Chancellor
Stanley F. Battle 2007-2009 Chancellor
Harold L. Martin, Sr. 2009- Chancellor
NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY Durham, NC
www.nccu.edu
Name Presidency
Dr. James Edward Shepard 1909- 1947
Dr. Albert E. Manley 1947-1948 Interim Committee Chairman
Dr. Alfonso Elder 1948-1963
Dr. Samuel Proctor Massie 1963-1966
Mr. William Jones 1966-1967 Interim Committee Chairman
Dr. Albert Nathaniel Whiting 1967- 1983 President/Chancellor
Dr. LeRoy T. Walker 1983- 1986 Chancellor
Dr. Tyronza R. Richmond 1986- 1991 Chancellor
Dr. Donna J. Benson 1992 Interim Chancellor
Atty. Julius Lavonne Chambers 1993-2001 Chancellor
Dr. James H. Ammons 2001-2007 Chancellor
Dr. Beverly Washington Jones 2007 Interim Chancellor
Dr. Charlie Nelms 2007-2012 Chancellor
Atty. Charles Becton 2012-2013 Interim Chancellor
Dr. Debra Saunders-White 2013- Chancellor
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OAKWOOD UNIVERSITY
Huntsville, AL
www.oakwood.edu
NAME Presidency
Solon M. Jacobs 1896–1897 Principal
Henry H. Shaw 1897–1899 Principal
Benn E Nicola 1899–1904 Principal
Fred R. Rogers 1904–1905 Principal
Grandville H. Barber 1905–1906 Principal
Walter J. Blake 1906–1911 Principal
Clarence J. Boyd 1911–1917 Principal
James I. Beardsley 1917–1923
Joseph A. Tucker 1923–1932
James L. Moran 1932–1945
Frank L. Peterson 1945–1954
Garland J. Millet 1954–1963
Addison V. Pinkney 1963–1966
Frank W. Hale, Jr. 1966–1971
Calvin B. Rock 1971–1985
Emerson A. Cooper 1985 Interim
Benjamin F. Reaves 1986–1996
Delbert W. Baker 1996–2010
Mervyn A. Warren 2010–2011 Interim
Leslie N. Pollard 2011-
PAINE COLLEGE Augusta, GA
www.paine.edu
Name Presidency
Morgan Callaway 1882-1884
George Williams Walker 1884-1911
John D. Hammond 1911-1915
D. E. Atkins 1915-1917
Albert Deems Betts 1917-1923
Ray S. Tomlin 1923-1929
E. C. Peters 1929-1956
E. Clayton Calhoun 1956-1970
Stewart B. Gandy 1970 Interim Committee Chair
Canute M. Richardson 1971 Interim Committee Chair
Lucius H. Pitts 1971-1974
Canute M. Richardson 1974 Acting
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Julius S. Scott, Jr. 1975-1982
William H. Harris 1982-1988
Julius S. Scott, Jr 1988-1994
Shirley A. R. Lewis 1994-2007
Curtis E. Martin 2007-2008 Interim
George C. Bradley 2008-
PAUL QUINN COLLEGE Dallas, TX
www.pqc.edu
Name Presidency
Bishop J. M. Brown 1872-1876
Bishop R. H. Cain 1876-1880
H. T. Keiling 1880-1883
I. M. Burgan 1883-1891
N.A. Banks 1891-1892
H. T. Keiling 1892-1896
I. M. Burgan 1896-1904
W. J. Laws 1904-1908
D. A. Butler 1908-1911
I. M. Burgan 1911-1914
J. K. Williams 1914-1924
J. F. Williams 1924-1926
N.A. Banks 1926-1928
Dean Mohr 1928-1932
A.S. Jackson 1932-1939
J. W. Yancy, II 1939-1942
George Davis 1942-1943
George Singleton 1943-1946
Nannie Bell Aycock 1946-1951
Sherman L. Green, Jr. 1951-1953
Frank R. Veal 1953-1956
John H. Adams 1956-1962
L. H. McCloney 1962-1969
Stanley E. Rutland 1969-1976
Reuben D. Manning 1976-1978
William D. Watley 1979-1981
L.H. McCloney 1981-1982
Norman W. Handy 1982-1984
Warren W. Morgan 1984-1992
Winston D. Powers 1992-1992
Lee E. Monroe 1992-2001
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Dwight J. Fennell 2001-2005
John K. Waddell 2006-2007
Michael J. Sorrell 2007-
PHILANDER SMITH COLLEGE
Little Rock, AR
www.philander.edu
Name Presidency Rev. Thomas Mason 1877-1896
Rev. James M. Cox 1896-1924
Dr. George C. Taylor 1924-1936
Dr. M. Lafayette Harris 1936-1961
Dr. Roosevelt D. Crockett 1961-1964
Dr. E. T. Dixon, Jr. 1965-1969
Dr. Walter R. Hazard 1969-1979
Dr. Grant S. Shockley 1980-1983
Dr. Hazo W. Carter 1983-1987
Dr. Meyer L. Titus 1988-1998
Dr. Trudie Kibbe Reed 1999- 2004
Dr. Walter M. Kimbrough 2005-2012
Dr. Johnny M. Moore 2012-
SAINT PAUL COLLEGE
Lawrenceville, VA
http://saintpaulsnet.com/
Name Presidency
Rev. James S. Russell 1888-1928 Principal
Dr. James Alvin Russell, Sr. 1928-1950
Dr. Earl H. McClenney, Jr. 1950-1970
Dr. James A. Russell, Jr. 1971-1981
Dr. S. Dallas Simmons 1981-1985
Dr. Marvin B. Scott 1986-1988
Dr. Thomas M. Law 1989-2002
Dr. John K. Waddell 2002-2006
Dr. Robert L. Satcher, Sr. 2007-2011
Eddie N. Moore, Jr. 2011-2012
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SAVANNAH STATE UNIVERSITY Savannah, GA
www.savannahstate.edu
Name Presidency
Richard R. Wright 1891-1921
Cyrus G. Wiley 1921-1926
Benjamin F. Hubert 1926-1947
James A. Colston 1947-1949
William K. Payne 1949-1963
Timothy C. Myers 1963 Acting
Dr. Howard Jordan, Jr. 1963-1971
Dr. Prince A. Jackson 1971-1978
Dr. Clyde W. Hall 1978-1980 Acting
Dr. Wendell G. Rayburn 1980-1988
Dr. Wiley S. Bolden 1988-1989 Acting
Dr. William E. Gardener 1989-1991
Dr. Annette Brock 1991-1993 Acting
Dr. John T. Wolfe 1993-1997
Dr. Carlton E. Brown 1997-2006
Dr. Julius S. Scott, Jr. 2007 Acting
Dr. Earl G. Yarbrough, Sr. 2007-2011
Dr. Cheryl Davenport Dozier 2011-
SOUTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY
Orangeburg, SC
www.scsu.edu
Name Presidency
Thomas E. Miller 1896-1911
Robert S. Wilkinson 1911-1932
Miller F. Whittaker 1932-1949
K. w. Green 1949-1950 Interim Committee Chairman
Benner C. Turner 1950-1967
M. Maceo Nance 1968-1986
Albert E. Smith 1986-1992
Carl A. Carpenter 1992-1993 Interim
Barbara R. Hatton 1993-1995
Leroy Davis, Sr. 1995-1997 Interim
Leroy Davis, Sr. 1997-2002
Ernest A. Finney, Jr. 2002-2003 Interim
Andrew Hugine, Jr. 2003-2007
Leonard A. McIntyre 2007-2008 Interim
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George E. Cooper 2008-2012
Rita J. Teal 2012 Acting
Cynthia Warrick 2012-2013 Interim
Thomas J. Elzey 2013-
SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY SYSTEM
Baton Rouge, LA
Name Presidency
A. R. Gourrier 1880-1881
George Fayerweather 1881-1882
Charles H. Thompson 1882-1883
Joshua H. Harrison 1883-1886
George W. Bothwell 1886-1887
Henry A. Hill 1887-1913
Dr. Joseph Samuel Clark 1913-1938
Dr. Felton Grandison Clark 1938-1968
Dr. George Leon Netterville 1968-1974
Dr. Jesse Nealand Stone 1974-1984
Dr. Joffre Trumbull Whisenton 1985-1988
Dr. Dolores Margaret Richard Spikes 1988-1996
Dr. Leon Tarver, II 1997-2005
Dr. Edward R. Jackson 2005-2006 Interim
Dr. Ralph Slaughter 2006-2009
Dr. Kassie Freeman 2009-2010 Interim
Dr. Ronald Mason 2010-
SPELMAN COLLEGE Atlanta, GA
www.spelman.edu
Name Presidency
Sophia B. Packard 1881-1891
Harriet E. Giles 1891-1909
Lucy Houghton Upton 1909-1910 Acting
Lucy Hale Tapley 1910-1927
Florence Matilda Read 1927-1953
Albert Edward Manley 1953-1976
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Donald Mitchell Stewart 1976-1986
Barbara Carter 1987 Acting
Johnnetta Betsch Cole 1987-1997
Audrey Forbes Manley 1997-2002
Beverly Daniel Tatum 2002-
ST. PHILIP’S COLLEGE San Antonio, TX www.alamo.edu
Name Presidency
Ms. Artemisia Bowden 1902-1954
Dr. Clarence W. Norris, Sr. 1954-1969
Dr. John B. Murphy 1969-1982
Dr. Theodore R. Williams 1982 Interim
Dr. Gloria Jackson 1982-1984
Dr. Kay Moore 1985 Interim
Dr. Stephen R. Mitchell 1985-1992
Dr. Byron R. Skinner 1992-1993
Mr. Hamice James 1993-1995 Interim
Dr. Charles A. Taylor 1995-2000
Mr. Homer (Butch) Hayes 2000 Interim
Dr. Angie Stokes Runnels 2000-2006
Dr. Patricia (Patti) Candia 2006-2007 Interim
Dr. Adena Williams Loston 2007-
STILLMAN COLLEGE
Tuscaloosa, AL http://www.stillman.edu/
NAME PRESIDENCY
Rev. Charles Allen Stillman 1876-1893
Rev. A.L. Phillips 1893-1898
Rev. Oscar B. Wilson 1898-1900
Rev. David Clay Lilly 1900-1903
Rev. James G. Snedecor 1903-1916
Rev. William E. Hutchinson 1916-1918
Rev. R.K. Timmons 1918-1920
Prof. W.F. Osburn 1920-1929
Prof. A.L. Jackson 1929-1947
Interregnum 1947-1948
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Rev. Samuel B. Hay 1948-1965
Interregnum 1965-1967
Dr. Harold N. Stinson 1967-1981
Dr. Cordell Wynn 1982-1997
Dr. Ernest McNealey 1997-
TALLADEGA COLLEGE
Talladega, AL
www.talladega.edu
Name Presidency
Rev. Henry E. Brown 1867-1879 Principal
Rev. Henry S. DeForest 1879-1896
Rev. George W. Andrews 1896-1904 Acting
Rev. Benjamin M. Nyce 1904-1908
Rev. John M.P. Metcalf 1908-1916
Rev. Frederick A. Sumner 1916-1933
Dr. Buell G. Gallagher 1934-1943
Dr. James T. Cater 1943-1945 Acting
Dr. Adam D. Beittel 1945-1952
Dr. Arthur D. Gray 1953-1965
Dr. Herman H. Long 1965-1976
Dr. Aaron Brown 1976-1977 Interim
Dr. Joseph N. Gayles, Jr. 1977-1983
Dr. Randolph W. Bromery 1983 Interim
Dr. Paul B. Mohr, Sr. 1984-1988
Dr. Joseph E. Thompson 1988-1991 Interim
Dr. Joseph B. Johnson 1992-1998
Dr. Marguerite Archie-Hudson 1998-2001
Dr. Henry Ponder 2001-2004
Dr. Oscar L. Prater 2005-2007
Dr. Billy C. Hawkins 2008-
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TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY Nashville, TN
www.tnstate.edu
Name Presidency
Dr. William Jasper Hale 1912-1943
Dr. Walter S. Davis 1943-1968
Dr. Andrew P. Torrence 1968-1974
Dr. Charles Fancher 1974-1975 Interim
Dr. Frederick S. Humphries 1975-1985
Dr. Roy Peterson 1985-1986 Interim
Dr. Otis Floyd 1986-1990
Dr. George Cox 1990-1991 Interim
Dr. James A. Hefner 1991-2005
Dr. Melvin N. Johnson 2005-2010
Dr. Portia Shields 2011-2012 Interim
Dr. Glenda Baskin Glover 2013-
TEXAS SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY
Houston, TX www.tsu.edu
Name Presidency
R. O’Hara Lanier 1945-1955
Samuel M. Nabrit 1955-1966
Joseph A. Pierce 1966-1967
Granville M. Sawyer 1968-1979
Everett O. Bell 1979-1980
Leonard H. O. Spearman 1980-1986
William H. Harris 1987-1995
Joann Horton 1993-1995
James M. Douglas 1995-1999
Pricilla D. Slade 1999-2006
John M. Rudley 2008-
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TUSKEGEE UNIVERSITY
Tuskegee, AL
www.tuskegee.edu
Name Presidency
Booker T. Washington 1881-1915
Robert R. Moton 1915-1935
Frederick D. Patterson 1935-1953
Luther H. Foster 1953-1981
Benjamin F. Payton 1981-2010
Gilbert L. Rochon 2010-
THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT PINE BLUFF Pine Bluff, AR www.uapb.edu
Mr. Joseph Carter Corbin 1875-1902 Principal
Mr. Isaac Fisher 1902-1911 Principal
Mr. W. S. Harris 1911-1915 Superintendent
Mr. F. T. Venegar 1911-1917 Principal
Mr. Jefferson Ish 1915-1921 Superintendent
Mr. Charles Smith 1921-1922 Superintendent
Mr. Robert E. Malone 1922-1928 Superintendent
Dr. John B. Watson 1928-1942
Dr. Lawrence A. Davis, Sr. 1943-1972
Dr. Earl Evans 1959-1960 Acting
Dr. Lawrence A. Davis, Sr. 1972-1973 Chancellor
Dr. Johnny B. Johnson 1973-1974 Interim Chancellor
Dr. Herman B. Smith, Jr 1974-1981 Chancellor
Dr. Lloyd V. Hackley 1981-1985 Chancellor
Dr. Johnny B. Johnson 1985-1986 Interim Chancellor
Dr. Charles A. Walker 1986-1991 Chancellor
Dr. Carolyn F. Blakely 1991- 1991 Interim Chancellor
Dr. Lawrence A. Davis, Jr. 1991-2012 Chancellor
Dr. Calvin Johnson 2012- Interim Chancellor
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UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND EASTERN SHORE Princess Anne, MD
www.umes.edu
Name Presidency
Benjamin Oliver Bird 1886-1897
Portia E. Lovett Bird 1897-1899
Dr. Pezavia O’Connell 1899-1902
Frank J. Trigg, Jr. 1902-1910
Dr. Thomas Henry Kiah 1911-1936
Robert Alexander Grigsby 1936-1947
Dr. John Taylor Williams 1947-1970
Dr. Howard Emery Wright 1970-1971 Interim
Dr. Archie Lee Buffkins 1971-1975
Dr. William Percy Hytche, Sr. 1975-1997
Dr. Dolores Margaret R. Spikes 1997-2001
Dr. Jackie Thomas 2001-2002 Interim
Dr. Thelma B. Thompson 2002–2011
Dr. Mortimer H. Neufville 2011–2012 Interim
Dr. Juliette B. Bell 2012-
UNIVERSITY OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Washington, D.C.
www.udc.edu
Name Presidency
Wendell Russell 1976-1977 Acting – Georgia-Harvard Mt. Vernon Campuses
Cleveland Dennard 1976-1977 Acting – Van Ness Campus
Lisle Carter 1977-1982
Leroy Keith, Jr. 1982 Acting
Benjamin Alexander 1982-1983
Claude A. Ford 1983 Acting
Robert L. Green 1983-1985
Claude A. Ford 1985-1987 Acting
Rafael L. Cortada 1987-1990
Miles Fisher IV 1990-1991 Acting
Tilden LeMelle 1991-1996
Julius Nimmons 1996-1998 Acting
Julius Nimmons 1998-2001
Timothy L. Jenkins 2001-2002 Acting
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William Pollard 2002-2007
Stanley Jackson 2007-2008 Acting
Allen Sessoms 2008-2013
James E. Lyons, Sr. 2013 - Interim
Miner Normal School and Miner Teachers College
Name Presidency
Myrtilla Miner 1851-1864 Principal
Mary J. Patterson 1874 Principal
Mary B. Smith 1876-1879 Principal
Martha B. Briggs 1879-1883 Principal
Lucy Ella Moten 1883-1920 Principal
Eugene A. Clark 1920-1926 Principal
James Arthur Turner 1926-1930 Principal
Eugene A. Clark 1930-1953
Matthew J. Whitehead 1953-1955
Wilson Normal School and Wilson Teachers College
Name Presidency
Lucilla Smith 1873-1885 Principal
Emma Atkinson 1885-1889 Principal
Ida Gilbert Myers 1889-1900 Principal
Anna Goding 1900-1927 Principal
Anna D. Halberg 1927-1931 Principal
Edgar C. Higbie 1931-1941
Walter Hager 1941-1955
District Of Columbia Teachers College
Name Presidency
Walter Hager 1955-1958
Paul O. Carr 1958-1966
Paul P. Cooke 1966-1974
Wendell Russell 1974-1977
Federal City College
Name Presidency
Frank Farner 1967-1969
Harland Randolph 1969-1972
Elgy S. Johnson 1972-1974
Wendell Russell 1974-1977
Washington Technical Institute
Name Presidency
Cleveland Dennard 1967-1977
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UNIVERSITY OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands
www.uvi.edu
Dr. Lawrence C. Wanlass 1962-1980
Dr. Arthur A. Richards 1980-1990
Dr. Orville E. Kean 1990-2002
Dr. LaVerne E. Ragster 2002-2009
Dr. David Hall 2009-
VIRGINIA STATE UNIVERSITY
Petersburg, VA www.vsu.edu
Name Presidency
Mr. John Mercer Langston 1886-1887
Mr. James Hugo Johnston 1887-1914
Mr. John Manuel Gandy 1914-1942
Mr. Luther Hilton Foster 1942-1949
Mr. James Hugo Johnston 1949-1950 Acting
Dr. Robert Prentiss Daniels 1950-1968
Mr. Walker Henry Quarles, Jr. 1968 Acting
Dr. James Franklin Tucker 1968-1970
Mr. Walker Henry Quarles, Jr. 1970 Acting
Dr. Wendell Phillips Russell 1970-1974
Mr. Walker Henry Quarles, Jr. 1974-1975 Interim
Mr. Walker Henry Quarles, Jr. 1975-1976
Dr. Thomas Melvin Law 1976-1982
Dr. Curtis Eugene Bryan 1982 Interim
Dr. Wilbert Greenfield 1983-1988
Dr. Wesley Cornelius McClure 1988-1992
Dr. Nathaniel Pollard 1992-1993 Acting
Mr. Eddie Nathaniel Moore, Jr. 1993-2010
Dr. Keith Terrence Miller 2010-
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VIRGINIA UNION UNIVERSITY Richmond, VA
http://www.vuu.edu/
Name Presidency
Dr. Malcolm MacVicar 1899-1904
Dr. George Rice Hovey 1904-1918
Dr. William John Clark 1919-1941
Dr. John Malcus Ellison 1941-1955
Dr. Samuel Dewitt Proctor 1955-1960
Dr. Thomas Howard Henderson 1960-1970
Dr. Allix Bledsoe James 1970-1979
Dr. Dorothy Norris Cowling 1979 Acting
Dr. David Thomas Shannon 1979-1985
Mrs. Carolyn Woods Daughtry 1985 Provost
Dr. S. Dallas Simmons 1986-1999
Dr. Bernard Wayne Franklin 1999-2003
Dr. Belinda Childress Anderson 2003-2009
Dr. Claude Grandford Perkins 2009-
Wayland Seminary and College
Name Presidency
S. B. Gregory 1867-1869
G. M. P. King 1869-1897
Gregory Rice Hovey 1897-1899
Richmond Theological Seminary
Name Presidency
Rev. Nathaniel Colver 1867-1868
Rev. Charles Henry Corey 1868-1899
Hartshorn Memorial College
Name Presidency
Rev. Lyman B. Tefft 1883-1912
Dr. George W. Rigler 1912-1925
Dr. David G. Mullison 1925-1929
Storer College
Name Presidency
Rev. Nathan Bracket 1867-1897 Principal
Rev. E. E. Osgood 1897-1899
Prof. Henry T. McDonald 1899-1944
Dr. Richard I. McKinney 1944-1950
Dean LeRoy Johnson 1950-1952 Acting
Rev. Leonard Terrell 1952-1955
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VOORHEES COLLEGE
Denmark, SC
www.voorhees.edu
Name Presidency
Elizabeth Evelyn Wright 1897-1906 Principal
Gabriel P. Miller 1907-1911 Principal
Cyrus Camfield 1911-1912 Principal
Martin A. Manafee 1912-1916 Acting
Jesse O. Thomas 1916-1918 Principal
E. R. Roberts 1918-1922 Principal
J.E. Blanton 1922-1947 Principal
Earl H. McClenney 1947-1950
Cecil B. Haliburton 1950-1953
John F. Potts 1954-1970
Harry P. Graham 1971-1977
George B. Thomas 1978-1983
John F. Potts 1983-1985 Interim
Leonard E. Dawson 1985-2001
Lee E. Monroe, Jr. 2001-2007
Cleveland L. Sellers, Jr. 2008-
WEST VIRGINIA STATE UNIVERSITY Institute, WV
http://www.wvstateu.edu/
Name Presidency
James Edwin Campbell 1892-1894
John H. Hill 1894-1898
J. McHenry Jones 1898-1908
Byrd Prillerman 1909-1919
John Warren Davis 1919-1953
William James Lord Wallace 1953-1973
Harold Maceo McNeill 1973-1981
Thomas W. Cole, Jr. 1982-1986
Hazo W. Carter, Jr. 1987-2012
Brian O. Hemphill 2012-
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WILEY COLLEGE Marshall, TX
www.wileyc.edu
Name Presidency
Rev. F. C. Moore 1873-1876
Rev. W. H. Davis 1876-1885
Rev. N. D. Clifford 1885-1888
Rev. Dr. George Whitaker 1888-1889
Rev. Dr. P. A. Pool 1889-1893
Rev. Isaiah B. Scott 1893-1896
Matthew Winfred Dogan, Sr. 1896-1942
Dr. E.C. McLeod 1942-1948
Dr. Julius S. Scott, Sr. 1948-1958
Dr. Thomas Winston Cole, Sr. 1958-1971
Dr. Robert E. Hayes, Sr. 1971-1986
Dr. E.W. Rand 1986 Interim
Dr. David R. Houston 1987 Interim
Dr. David L. Beckley 1987-1993
Dr. Lamore J. Carter 1993-1996
Dr. Julius S. Scott, Jr. 1996-1998
Dr. Ronald L. Swain 1998-2000
Dr. Haywood L. Strickland 2000-
WINSTON-SALEM STATE UNIVERSITY
Winston Salem, NC
www.wssu.edu
Name Presidency
Simon Green Atkins 1892-1904
Cadd Grant O’Kelly 1904-1910
Francis M. Kennedy 1910-1913
Simon Green Atkins 1913-1934
Francis Loguen Atkins 1934-1961
Kenneth R. Williams 1961-1977
H. Douglas Covington 1977-1984 Chancellor
Haywood L. Wilson, Jr. 1984-1985 Interim Chancellor
Cleon F. Thompson, Jr. 1985-1995 Chancellor
Gerald McCants 1995 Interim Chancellor
Alvin J. Schexnider 1996-2000 Chancellor
Harold L. Martin 2000-2006 Chancellor
Michelle Howard Vital 2006 Interim Chancellor
Donald J. Reaves 2007- Chancellor
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XAVIER UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA
New Orleans, LA
www.xula.edu
Fr. Edward J. Brunner 1925- 1930
Rev. Mother Agatha Ryan 1930-1955
Sister M. Josephina 1955-1965
Sister Maris Stella Ross 1965-1968
Dr. Norman C. Francis 1968-
HBCUs not included in “Presidents of HBCUs 1837-2013”
Alabama State University Alcorn State University Arkansas Baptist College American Baptist College Benedict College Bishop State Community College Central State University Denmark Technical College Fort Valley State University Grambling State University Hampton University Harris-Stowe State University Hinds Community College Lane College
Lawson State Community College Lewis College of Business
Prairie View A & M University
Rust College
Selma University
Shaw University Shelton State Community College - C.A. Fredd Campus Shorter College
Southwestern Christian College St. Augustine’s College
Texas College
Tougaloo College
Virginia University at Lynchburg
Wilberforce University
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