FOUNDERS DAY GALA
Recognition of Legacy
Founders Day Gala XIX
2026 Founders Day Gala AnnouncementElizabeth City State University will not hold the 2026 Founders Day Gala. In place of this year’s gala, we invite alumni, friends, and supporters to join us for the upcoming Chancellor's Installation Ceremony. This significant event marks an important moment in the University’s history, and we look forward to celebrating together as a Viking community. Thank you for your continued engagement and support of ECSU. |
Previous Gala Honorees
Frankie Bordeaux '80
David Carroll
Dr. Peter Eley '00
Robert Goodman '88
Milton Hagans '79
Melvin Norman '77
Wendy Pierce '01
Dr. Kuldeep Rawat
Lee Stephenson '80
Phyllis C. Elmore ’82
Dr. Lenora Jarvis-Mackey ’66
Senator Gladys Robinson
Gwendolyn Sanders ’77
Mr. James E. Swimpson ’62
Dr. Eyualem Abebe
Ulysses Bell, J. D. ’65
Dr. Saundra Sellars Copeland ’71
Virginia Lawrence Houston
Tony E. Lassiter ’86
Senator Bob Steinburg
Dr. Sandra Singleton Newsome ’70
Delores Locke McClain ’70
Dr. Marcus Newsome ’75
Ernest G. Murphrey
Celeste Carr Williams ’64
Mary L. Cates ’61
Dr. Laura Walton Buffaloe ’65
Brigadier General Richard Harrison ’94
Larry Johnson, Sr. ’73 and the 1971 CIAA Championship Football Team
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
Billy C. Hines
Norma M. James ’88
Joyce E. Long ’54
Justina M. Long ’54
Barbara Barnes Sutton ’74
Anthony “Tony” Swain ’82
Johnnie B. Walton ’69
Biggs Cadillac Buick GMC
John Shelton Best ’70
Dr. Ronald H Blackmon
Dr. Mary Albritton Douglas ’52
LTC Tyron W Eason (ret) ’86
Andy Hartsfield
Paul A. Norman ’81
Susie Sharpless Hodges ’65
Dr. Helen H. Muldrow
Honorable Bettie J. Parker ’71
Dr. Glen Bowman
Dennis Earl Leary
Dr. Richard L. Lucas, Jr.
Billie Joe Reid ’70
Estella Hall Simons ’55
(Former ECSU First Ladies)
Lula G. Thorpe
Dr. Faleese Moore-Jenkins ’66
LaVera Levels Burnim
Jacqueline Johnson Gilchrist ’72
Brenda Becton
Gwendolyn D. Bowser ’69
Jeff Dixon
Dr. Linda Hayden
Colonel Rodney Haggins ’87
Dr. Darnell Johnson ’73
Dr. Stephanie Bailey Johnson ’74
Mary Elizabeth Sharpe ’57
Cecil Perry
Argle Whitfield ’65
Willis Langley ’70
Willie Stewart, Jr ’69
Richard Olson
Lieutenant Commander Navin L Griffin ’00
Dr. Shirley Murphy Turnage ’67
Carroll Hurdle ’66
Norris Earl Francis ’64
Mike Chandler
Elston Howell ’88
Congressman G. K. Butterfield
Commander Warren Judge ’97
Dr. Stephanie Dance-Barnes ’97
Norman M. Cherry, Sr ’64
Todd W. Tilley ’95
Patricia Youngblood ’84
Bishop Kim W. Brown
Roger McLean
Mark R. Brown, Jr ’95
Dr. Lindsey L. White
Randy M. Jones ’96
Colonel Warline S. Richardson ’90
Reverend Vonner G. Horton
Colonel Thurinton W Harvell, Sr ’88
Edna Gray Randolph ’45
Philip R. Johnson
Danny and Carol Flowers
Dr. Roger Hathaway ’72
Leonard Carmichael ’72
Matthew Lewis, Jr ’64
Cola Ashe
Dr. Helen Marshall Caldwell
The Honorable Melvin Daniels, Jr
Colonel Mechelle Hale ’88
Wanda Hunt McLean
Jethro Pugh ’65
Dr. Claude M. Odom
Frank H. Skidmore, Jr
Julius Walker, Jr ’67
Linwood Williams ’69
Dr. Charles Cherry ’63
Dr. Claudie Mackey ’65
The Honorable Annie Ward Mobley ’63
Dr. Dwayne K. Stallings
Captain Christopher E. Austin ’85
Colonel Randy Braxton Bell (ret) ’72
Captain Roosevelt R. Wright, Jr (ret) ’64
Pedro Holley, Sr ’74
Dr. Johnny L. Houston
Melvyn N. Riley ’61
Vonda Reed Riley ’65
(No recognitions)