List of presidents of Huston–Tillotson University
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The following is a list of presidents of Huston–Tillotson University, and a list of the presidents of the precursor schools of Samuel Huston College and Tillotson College which merged in 1952.
Samuel Huston College
- George Warren Richardson, 1876 to 1882[1]
- Thomas M. Dart, 1885 to 1888
- Reuben Shannon Lovinggood, 1900 to 1916[1]
- J. W. Frazier, 1916 to 1917 (interim)
- Matthew Simpson Davage, 1917 to 1920[2]
- Joseph P. Randolph, 1920 to 1923
- Robert Nathaniel Brooks, 1923 to 1926
- Thomas Russell Davis, 1926 to 1930
- Willis J. King, 1930 to 1932[3]
- Stanley E. Graunnum, 1932 to 1943[4]
- Karl Everett Downs, 1943 to 1948[5]
- Robert F. Harrington, 1948 to 1952[6]
Tillotson College
- William E. Brooks, 1881 to 1884[7]
- John Kershaw, 1884 to 1886[7]
- Henry L. Hubbell, 1886 to 1888[7]
- William M. Brown, 1888 to 1894[7]
- Winfield S. Goss, 1894 to 1896[7]
- Marshall R. Gaines, 1896 to 1902[7]
- Arthur W. Partch, 1902 to 1905[7]
- Isaac Merrit Agard, 1905 to 1918[7]
- Francis Wayland Fletcher, 1918 to 1924[7]
- J. T. Hodges, 1924 to 1930 (first African-American president)[7]
- Mary Elizabeth Branch, 1930 to 1944 (female president)[7]
- William H. Jones, 1944 to 1952[7]
Huston–Tillotson University
- Matthew Simpson Davage, 1952 to 1955[2]
- John Jarvis Seabrook, 1955 to 1965[8]
- John Quill Taylor King Sr., 1965 to 1988 (longest serving)[9][10]
- Joseph Turner McMillan Jr., 1988 to 2000[11][12][13]
- Larry L. Earvin, 2000 to 2015[14]
- Colette Pierce Burnette, 2015 to 2022 (female president)[15]
- Archibald W. Vanderpuye, 2022 (interim)[16]
- Melva K. Williams, 2022–present[17]