APPENDIX F COMMENCEMENT SPEAKERS Hon. Wendell P. Stafford. Associate Justice, U.S. Supreme Court Washington, D.C.

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1 APPENDIX F COMMENCEMENT SPEAKERS Year Guest Speaker Title 1911 Hon. Wendell P. Stafford. Associate Justice, U.S. Supreme Court 1912 Dr. Charles H. Parkhurst Pastor, Presbyterian Church Lenox, MA 1916 Rev. Minot C. Morgan Pastor, Central Presbyterian Church Summit, NJ 1917 Rev. Howard J. Chidley Pastor, First Congregational Church Winchester, Mass Rev. George E. Barnes Pastor, Overbrook, Presbyterian Church 1928 Dr. Francis P. Gaines President, Wake Forest College Wake Forest, NC 1929 Dr. Howard J. Chidley Pastor, Central Congregational Church 1930 Dr. S. Parks Cadman Pastor, Central Congregational Church 1931 Hon. W.P. Stacy Chief Justice, N.C. Supreme Court 1932 Dr. Ralph W. Stockman Pastor, Madison Ave. Methodist Church 1933 Dr. J. Stanley Durkee Pastor, Plymouth Church 1934 Dr. Julian S. Miller Editor, the Charlotte Observer Charlotte, NC 1935 Hon. Clyde R. Hoey Attorney Shelby, NC 1936 Hon. Ogden L. Mills Businessman 1937 Dr. Stephen S. Wise Rabbi, Free Synagogue 1938 Dr. Ralph W. Stockman Pastor, Christ Church 1939 Dr. Louis K. Anspacher

2 1940 Hon. Clyde R. Hoey Governor, State of North Carolina 1941 Hon. J. Melville Broughton Governor, State of North Carolina 1942 Dr. Norman Vincent Peele Pastor, Marble Collegiate Church 1943 Hon. Sumner Wells Under Secretary of State Washington, D.C 1944 Dr. Stephen S. Wise Rabbi, Free Synagogue 1945 Dr. Norman Vincent Peele Pastor, Marble collegiate Church 1946 Dr. James W. Montgomery Vice-President, Protestant Voice 1947 Hon. Alben W. Barkley U.S. Senator - Kentucky 1948 Dr. Alonzo F. Myers Chairman, Dept. Higher Education New York University 1949 Mr. Jonathan Daniels Editor, Raleigh News and Observer 1950 Dr. Martha B. Lucas President, Sweet Briar College Sweet Briar, VA 1951 Maj. General Lewis B. Hershey Director, Selective Service System 1952 Dr. David Elton Trueblood Earlham College Richmond, IN 1953 Dr. J. Curtis Dixon Vice-President, Southern Education Foundation Atlanta, GA 1954 Mr. William L. Shirer Author and News commentator 1955 Hon. Capus Miller Waynick Former Ambassador to Nicaragua High Point, NC 1956 Dr. Karl Worth Bigelow Professor of Education, Teachers College, Columbia University, NY

3 1957 Dr. Howard Thurman Dean Marsh Chapel, Boston University Boston, MA 1958 Dr. Keneth L. Brown Exec. Director, Danforth Foundation St. Louis, MO 1959 Hon. William H. Hastie Judge- U.S. Court of Appeals Third Circuit 1960 Rev. Gardner Taylor Pastor, Concord Baptist Church 1961 Dr. George D. Kelsey Drew Theological Seminary, Drew University Madison, NJ 1962 Mr. Harry Golden Editor Carolina Israelite- Charlotte, NC 1963 Dr. Marshall L. Shepard Councilman at Large 1964 Hon. A. Leon Higginbotham U.S. district Judge. Eastern District 1965 Dr. John H. Johnson President, Johnson s Publications Chicago, IL 1966 Dr. Edward W. Brice Asst. to the Asst Secretary, U.S. Dept. Health, Education and Welfare 1967 Dr. Watts Hill, Jr. Chairman, N.C. Board of Higher Education 1968 Dr. Frederick D. Patterson President, Phelps-Stokes Fund 1969 Mrs. Elizabeth Duncan Koontz Director, Women s Bureau, U.S. Department of Labor 1970 Mr. James Farmer Asst Secretary for Administration Dept. Health, Education and Welfare 1971 Dr. Martin D. Jenkins Director, Office of Urban Affairs American Council on Education 1972 Dr. James E. Cheek President, Howard University 1973 Rev. Jesse L. Jackson President (PUSH), People United to Save Humanity Chicago, Ill.

4 1974 Hon. Maynard H. Jackson Mayor of Atlanta Atlanta, GA 1975 Dr. Alvin F. Poussiant, M.D. Assoc Prof. of Psychiatry, Dean, Student Affairs Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 1976 Dr. Vernon E. Jordan, Jr. Exec. Director, National Urban League 1977 Mr. Howard A. Lee Secretary, Department of Natural & Economic Resources 1978 Ms. Ersa H. Poston Commissioner, U.S. Civil Service Commission 1979 Mr. Harry E. Groves Dean, School of Law (For Rev. Jesse L. Jackson) North Carolina Central University 1980 Dr. Winfred Godwin President, Southern Regional Education Board Atlanta, GA 1981 Dr. William A. Clement Chairman, Board of Trustees, NCCU 1982 Dr. Bernard C. Watson President, The William Penn Foundation 1983 Hon. Tom Bradley Mayor, City of Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA 1984 Dr. Helen Gray Edmonds Distinguished Professor Emeritus North Carolina Central University 1985 Ms. Patricia A. Russell President, Patricia A. Russell, Consultant 1986 The Right Reverend Archbishop-Elect of Capetown and Primate of Desmond Mpilo Tutu the Church of South Africa South Africa 1987 Hon. L. Douglas Wilder Lieutenant Governor, Commonwealth of Virginia Richmond, VA 1988 Ms. Mary Hatwood Futrell President, National Education Association 1989 Dr. Tyronza R. Richmond Chancellor, North Carolina Central University

5 1990 Hon. Daniel T. Blue, Jr. Member, House of Representatives North Carolina General Assembly 1991 Dr. Helen G. Edmonds Distinguished Professor Emeritus Member, Board of Trustees, North Carolina Central University 1992 Atty. William E. Gary Gary, Williams, & Parnell Fort Peacock, FL 1993 Patricia A. Russell-McCloud President, Russell-McCloud Associates 1994 Atty. Vernon E. Jordan, Jr. Senior Partner, Akin, Gump, Straus, Hauer & Feld 5/14/ Dr. Mary M. Townes Retired Professor/Administrator 12/16/94 North Carolina Central University 1995 Hon. Maynard H. Jackson Chair Board Member, Jackson Securities 5/13/95 Atlanta, GA 1995 Dr. Eddie N. Williams President, Joint Center for Politics and Economic 12/16/95 Studies 1996 Mrs. Carolyn Morris Asst. Director, Information Resources Division, FBI 5/11/ Hon. Joyce London Alexander Chief U.S. Magistrate Judge District of Massachusetts 12/18/96 Boston, MA 1997 Atty. Thurgood Marshall, Jr. 5/10/ Mr. Earl G. Graves Publisher of Black Enterprise Magazine 1998 Rev. Dr. James Forbes, Jr. Riverside Church 5/9/ Bishop Eddie L. Long New Birth Missionary Baptist Church 12/18/98 Atlanta, GA 1999 Mr. Hugh B. Price Executive Director, National Urban League 5/8/ Atty.Charles J. Ogletree, Jr. Harvard Law School Jesse Climento Professor 12/17/98 Cambridge, MA

6 2000 Atty. Bill Lann Lee Asst. Attorney General, Civil Rights Division, 5/13/00 U.S. Dept of Justice 2000 Evangelist Shirley Caesar Pastor, Mount Calvary Word of Faith Church 12/15/ Mr. Benjamin S. Ruffin Chair, UNC Board of Governors 5/12/01 Lewisville, NC 2001 Hon. Daniel T. Blue, Jr. North Carolina State Representative, Wake County 12/14/ Dr. Frederick S. Humphries President & CEO, National Association 5/11/02 for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education 2002 Dr. Tyrone R. Baines Director of Youth Initiative Partnership, W. K. Kellogg 12/12/02 Foundation Battle Creek, MI 2003 Hon. Mattie R. Sharpless U.S. Ambassador to Central African Republic 5/10/ Dr. Eugene Flood, Jr. President & CEO, Smith Breeden Associates 12/12/ Mr. William Bill McNeal Superintendent, Wake County School 5/1/ Bishop Eddie Long Senior Pastor, New Birth Missionary Baptist Church 12/10/04 Atlanta, GA 2005 Hon. John Edwards Director, Poverty Center, Work and Opportunity 5/7/05 University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, NC 2005 Dr. Michael Eric Dyson Professor of Humanities, University of Pennsylvania 12/17/ Dr. Dennis P. Kimbro Author, Scholar 5/6/06 Atlanta, GA 2006 Evangelist Shirley Caesar Pastor, Mount Calvary Word of Faith Church 12/16/ Atty. Timothy Proctor General Counsel, Diogeo PLC London 5/5/06 Norwalk, Conn Dr. Julianne Malveaux President, Bennett College for Women 12/15/07 Greensboro, NC

7 2008 Mr. Vernon Jones Chief Executive Officer 5/3/08 Dekalb County, GA 2008 Ms. Patricia Russell-McCloud President, Russell-McCloud & Associates 12/13/ Mr. Mark H. Morial President and Chief Executive Officer 5/16/09 National Urban League 2009 Bishop Vashti M. McKenzie Presiding Prelate, Thirteenth Episcopal District 12/12/09 Memphis, TN 2010 Mr. Tom Joyner Entrepreneur, entertainer and Philanthropist 5/18/2010 Dallas, TX