Presidential Leadership at Virginia State University

Presidents

John Mercer Langston, LL.D.
1886–1887

James Hugo Johnston, Ph.D.
1887–1914

John Manuel Gandy, LL.D.
1914–1942
President Emeritus, 1942–1947

Luther Hilton Foster, LL.D.
1942–1949

James Hugo Johnston, Ph.D.
1949–1950 (Acting)

Robert Prentiss Daniel, Ph.D., LL.D.
1950–1968

Walker Henry Quarles, Jr., LL.D.
1968 (Acting)

James Franklin Tucker, Ph.D.
1968–1970

Walker Henry Quarles, Jr., LL.D.
1970

Wendell Phillips Russell, Ed.D.
1970–1974

Walker Henry Quarles, Jr., LL.D.
1974–1975

William Everett Terry, B.A.
January–June 1976
Interim Chief Administrator

Thomas M. Law, E.D., L.H.D.
1976–1982

Curtis E. Bryan, Ph.D.
1982–1983 (Interim)

Wilbert Greenfield, Ph.D.
1983–1988

Wesley Cornelius McClure, Ed.D.
1988–1992

Nathaniel Pollard, Jr., Ph.D.
1992–1993

Eddie Nathaniel Moore, Jr., LL.D.
1993–2010

Keith T. Miller, Ph.D.
2010–2014

Pamela V. Hammond, Ph.D.
2015–2016 (Interim)

Makola M. Abdullah, Ph.D.
2016–Present