Former Chancellors

Dr. Kyle R. Carter

Dr. Kyle R. Carter

Chancellor (2010-2015)

B.A., Mercer University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Georgia

Charles R. Jenkins

Dr. Charles R. Jenkins

Interim Chancellor (2009-2010); Chancellor Emeritus

B.S., M.A.Ed., East Carolina University; Ed.D., Duke University

Allen C. Meadors

Dr. Allen C. Meadors

Chancellor (1999-2009); Chancellor Emeritus

B.B.A, University of Central Arkansas; M.B.A., University of Northern Colorado; M.P.A., University of Kansas; M.A., M.A., Webster University; Ph.D., Southern Illinois University; FACHE

Joe Oxendine

Dr. Joseph B. Oxendine

Chancellor (1989-1999); Chancellor Emeritus

B.A., Catawba College; M.Ed., Ed.D., Boston University

Paul Givens

Dr. Paul R. Givens

Chancellor (1979-1989); Chancellor Emeritus 

B.A., M.A., George Peabody College; Ph.D., Vanderbilt University

English E. Jones

Dr. English E. Jones

Interim President (1962-1963); President (1963-1972); Chancellor (1972-1979); Chancellor Emeritus 

B.S., University of Kentucky; M.S., North Carolina State University; LL.D., Wake Forest University; D.H. The University of North Carolina at Pembroke

Walter J. Gale

Dr. Walter J. Gale

President (1956-1962)

B.S., New Jersey State Teachers College; M. Ed., Ed.D., Duke University

Ralph D. Wellons

Dr. Ralph D. Wellons

President (1942-1956)

A.B., M.A., Indiana University; Ph.D., Teachers College, Columbia University

O.H. (Owens Hand) Browne

Dr. O.H. (Owens Hand) Browne

Acting Superintendent  (1940-1941); Acting President (1941-1942)

B.S., North Carolina State University; Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University

G. G. (Grover Gaines) Maughon Sr

G.G. (Grover Gaines) Maughon Sr. 

Superintendent (1935-1940)

A.B., Mercer University; M.A., University of Georgia

Superintendents and Principals

J.E. (John Ephraim) Sawyer, Superintendent, 1929-1935

S.B. (Sherman Bryan) Smithey, Superintendent, 1926-1929

A.B. (Andrew Beckett) Riley, Superintendent, 1922-1926

T.C. (Thomas Calhoun) Henderson, Principal and later Superintendent, 1918-1922

H.A. (Henry Augustus) Neal, Principal, 1914-1918

O.V. (Otto Vetas) Hamrick Sr., Principal, 1912-1914

H.L. (Henry Luther) Edens, Principal, 1908-1912

T.M. (Thomas Moore) Seawell, Principal, 1906-1907

Rev. D.F. (Doctor Fuller) Lowry, Principal, 1905-1906 (completed Clark's term)

M.E. Clark, Principal, 1905

T.C. (Thomas Calhoun) Henderson, Principal, 1900-1904

Rev. Oscar R. Sampson, Principal, 1899 (completed Jones' term)

G.W. Jones, Principal, 1898-1899

P.B. (Philip Barbour) Hiden, Principal, 1896-1898

Isaac W. Lanner, principal, 1895–1896

D.B. (David Balharrie) Simpson, Principal, 1894-1895

Charles Stewart, Principal, 1891-1894

W. L. (William Luther) Moore, Principal, January–March 1891

Ezra Baulder, Principal, 1889-1890

Rev. W.L. (William Luther) Moore, Principal, 1888-1889