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.