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, PhD., 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 Administration)

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