Chancellor's Legacy Award Honorees
2020 ECSU Founder Day Gala XIII
- Ziner Johnson Alexander, '66
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina
- Emmanuel D. Harris
- Dr. Ali A. Khan
- Abdul Sm Rasheed, '71
- Rear Admiral Keith Smith
- Ethel Faye Gregory Sutton, '65
2019 ECSU Founders Day Gala XII
- Billy C. Hines
- Norma M. James
- Joyce E. Long
- Justina M. Long
- Barbara Barnes Sutton
- Anthony "Tony" Swain
- Johnnie B. Walton
2018 ECSU Founders Day Gala XI
- John Shelton Best
- Dr. Ronald H. Blackmon
- Dr. Mary Albritton Douglas
- LTC Tyron W. Eason (ret)
- Andy Hartfield
- Paul A. Norman
2017 ECSU Founders Day Gala X
- Dr. Glen Bowman
- Dennis Earl Leary
- Dr. Richard L. Lucas, Jr.
- Billie Joe Reid
- Estella Hall Simons
2016 ECSU Founders Day Gala IX
(Former ECSU First Ladies)
- Lula G. Thorpe
- Dr. Faleese Moore-Jenkins
- LaVera Levels Burnim
- Jacqueline Johnson Gilchrist
- Brenda Becton
2015 ECSU Founders Day Gala VIII
- Gwendolyn D. Bowser
- Jeff Dixon
- Dr. Linda Hayden
- COL Rodney Haggins
- Dr. Darnell Johnson
- Dr. Stephanie Bailey Johnson
- Mary Elizabeth Sharpe
- Cecil Perry
- Argle Whitfield
2014 ECSU Founders Day Gala VII
- Willis Langley
- Willie Stewart, Jr.
- Richard Olson
- Lieutenant Commander Navin L.Griffin
- Dr. Shirley Murphy Turnage
2013 ECSU Founders Day Gala VI
- Carroll Hurdle
- Norris Earl Francis
- Mike Chandler
- Elston Howell
- Congressman G. K. Butterfield
- Commander Warren Judge
- Dr. Stephanie Dance-Barnes
2012 ECSU Founders Day Gala V
- Norman M. Cherry, Sr.
- Todd w. Tilley
- Patricia Youngblood
- Bishop Kim W. Brown
- Roger McLean
- Mark R. Brown, Jr.
- Dr. Lindsey L. white
- Randy M. Jones
- Colonel Warline S. Richardson
2011 ECSU Founders Day Gala IV
- Reverend Vonner G. Horton
- Colonel Thurinton W. Harvell, Sr.
- Edna Gray Randolph
- Philip R. Johnson
- Danny and Carol Flowers
- Dr. Roger Hathaway
- Leonard Carmichael
- Matthew Lewis, Jr.
2010 ECSU Founders Day Gala III
- Cola Ashe
- Dr. Helen Marshall Caldwell
- The Honorable Melvin Daniels, Jr.
- LTC Mechelle Hale
- Wanda Hunt McLean
- Jethro Pugh
- Dr. Claude M. Odom
- Frank H. Skidmore, Jr.
- Julius Walker, Jr.
- Linwood Williams
2009 ECSU Founders Day Gala II
- Dr. Charles Cherry
- Dr. Claudie Mackey
- The Hhonorable Annie Ward Mobley
- Dr. Wayne K. Stallings
- Captain Christopher E. Austin
- Colonel Randy Braxton Bell (ret)
- Captain Roosevelt R. Wright, Jr. (ret)
- Pedro Holley
- Dr. Johnny L. houston
- Melyvn N. Riley
- Vonda Reed Riley
2007 Inaugural Gala
(No Recognitions)