Shaw University - History

History

Presidents
Dr. Henry Martin Tupper 1865–1893 First/Founder
Dr. Charles Francis Meserve 1894–1919
Dr. Joseph Leishman Peacock 1920–1931
Dr. William Stuart Nelson 1931–1936
Dr. Robert Prentiss Daniel 1936–1950
Dr. William Russell Strassner 1951–1962
Dr. James Edward Cheek* 1963–1969
Dr. King Vergil Cheek* 1969–1971
Dr. J. Archie Hargraves 1971–1977
Dr. Stanley Hugh Smith 1978–1987
Dr. John Lucas* 1981–1987
Dr. Talbert O. Shaw 1988–2002
Dr. Clarence G. Newsome 2003–2009
Dr. Dorothy Cowser Yancy 2009–2010
Dr.Irma McClaurin 2010–2011
Dr.Dorothy Cowser Yancy-Interim president

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