Presidents & Chancellors

Peter Wedderick Moore (1859–1934), AM, LLD, 1891–1928
(President Emeritus, 1928–1934)

John Henry Bias (1879–1939), AB, LLD, 1928–1939

Harold Leonard Trigg (1893–1978), EdD, 1939–1945

Sidney David Williams (1892–1974), AM, DPed, 1946–1958
(President Emeritus, 1969–1974)

Walter Nathaniel Ridley (1910–1996), EdD, 1958–1968
(President Emeritus, 1988)

Marion Dennis Thorpe (1932–1983), PhD, LLD, 1968–1983

Jimmy Raymond Jenkins '65 (1943– ), PhD, 1983–1995
(Chancellor Emeritus, 1995– )

Mickey Lynn Burnim (1949– ), PhD, 1995–2006

Willie James Gilchrist (1950– ), EdD, 2006–