1977 – Dr. William A Brown (1959)

2004 – Dr. Bailus Walker Jr. (1954)

1978 – Dr. Henry Cheaney (1936)

2005 – Dr. James C. Letton (1955)

1979 – Rev. Benjamin Baker

2006 – Mr. Patrick Beauchamp (1955)

1980 – Dr. Carl M. Hill

2007 – Mr. Lytle T. Davis (1955)

1982 – Dr. Rufus Barfield (1952)

2008 – Kimberly Reed Thompson, Esq. (1978)

1984 – Dr. Clifford Claiborne (1960)

2009 – Dr. Cuttie Bacon III (1963)

1985 – Dr. Ivan Cotman (1962)

2010 – Ms. Tish Norman (1995)

1986 – Mr. Roy E. Bussell Jr. (1970)

2011 – Dr. Earl Richardson

1987 – Dr. Bessie M. Lasley-Rhodes (1956)

2012 – Brigadier General Henry L. Huntley (1983)

1988 – Mrs. Brenda Blane (1967)

2013 – Rev. Zachary Royal (1982)

1989 – Mr. Thomas P. Lewis (1959)

2014 – Mrs. Joann James (1986)

1991 – Dr. Olivia Whyte Thomas (1972)

2015 – Judge Hubert Grimes (1975)

1992 – Senator Gerald A. Neal (1967)

2016 – Patricia Russell-McCloud, Esq. (1968)

1993 – Patricia Russell-McCloud, Esq. (1968)

2017 – Dr. M. Christopher Brown II

1994 – Mr. Kenneth “Sam” Harp (1977)

2018 – Rev. Cuttie W. Bacon IV (1987)

1995 – Dr. Herbert Ernest Olivera (1950)

2019 – Mr. Russell L. Drake

1996 – Mr. Benjamin F. Shobe (1941)

2020 – Combined with Commencement Convocation

1997 – Dr. Norman Maurice Rates (1947)

2021 – Dr. Corey Hicks (1995)

1998 – Mr. Adrian L. Wallace

2022 – Dr. Karen Townsend (1985)

2000 – Dr. Gerald W. Patton (1969)

2023 – Mr. Frederick Yeakey (2005)

2001 – Dr. Kevin W. Cosby

2024 – Mayor Stephanie Terry (1998)

2002 – Mr. Jaques J. Wigginton (1986)

2025 – Dr. Leonard Clemons (2009)

Note: Parenthetical year represents graduating class.