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Elizabeth City State University

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  • 1704 Weeksville Road
  • Elizabeth City, NC 27909
  • 252.335.3400
  • admissions@ecsu.edu

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Leader History

Leader History

Black-and-white portrait of Hugh Cale.

HUGH CALE

Founding Father
1835-1910

Black-and-white portrait of Peter Weddick Moore.

PETER WEDDICK MOORE, A.M., LL.D.

Principal, 1891-1928
President Emeritus, 1928-1934

Black-and-white portrait of John Henry.

JOHN HENRY BIAS, A.B., LL.D.

President, 1928-1939
Black-and-white portrait of Harold Leonard Trigg.

HAROLD LEONARD TRIGG

President, 1939-1945
Black-and-white portrait of Sidney David Williams.

SIDNEY DAVID WILLIAMS, A.M., D.PED.

President, 1946-1958
President Emeritus, 1969-1974
Black-and-white portrait of Walter Nathaniel Ridley.

WALTER NATHANIEL RIDLEY, ED.D.

President, 1958-1968
President Emeritus, 1988-1996
Black-and-white portrait of Marion Dennis Thorpe.

MARION DENNIS THORPE, PH.D.

President, 1968-1972
Chancellor, 1972-1983
Black-and-white portrait of Jimmy Raymond Jenkins.

JIMMY RAYMOND JENKINS, PH.D.

Chancellor, 1983-1995
Chancellor Emeritus, 1995 -
Black-and-white portrait of Mickey Burnim.

MICKEY LYNN BURNIM, PH.D.

Chancellor, 1995-2006
Chancellor Emeritus, 2019 -
Black-and-white portrait of Willie James Gilchrist.

WILLIE JAMES GILCHRIST, ED.D.

Chancellor, 2007-2013
Black-and-white portrait of Charles Becton.

CHARLES L. BECTON, J.D.

Interim Chancellor, 2013-2014
Black-and-white portrait of Stacey Franklin Jones.

STACEY FRANKLIN JONES, PH.D.

Chancellor, 2014-2015
Black-and-white portrait of Thomas Conway.

THOMAS CONWAY, JR., PH.D.

Chancellor, 2016-2018
Portrait of Karrie Dixon

KARRIE G. DIXON, ED.D.

Chancellor, 2018-2024

CATHERINE EDMONDS, ED.D.

Interim Chancellor, 2024-2025

S. KEITH HARGROVE, SR., PH.D.

Chancellor, 2025-
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