Research Directors |
Alabama A&M University (Prior to Winfred Thomas, the role of research and extension oversight was taken on by the presidents |
William Hooper Councill (University Founder and President) |
1875-1909 |
Walter Solomon Buchanan (Second President) |
1909-1920 |
Perry C. Parks (Director of Agriculture) |
1909-1920 |
Theophilus Robert Parker (Third President) |
1920-1927 |
Joseph Fanning Drake (Fourth President) |
1927-1962 |
Simon Haley (Director of Agriculture) |
1932- |
Richard David Morrison (Director of Agriculture and then Fifth President) |
1937-1962, 1962-1984 |
Winfred A. Thomas (Director of Research) |
1968-1977 |
James W. Shuford (Associate Dean for Research) |
1977-1994 |
McArthur Floyd (Associate Dean and Research Director) |
1994-2007 |
Zachary N. Senwo (Interim Research Director) |
2007-2011 |
Lloyd T. Walker (Interim Dean and Research Director) |
2011-2013 |
Lloyd T. Walker Dean and Research Director |
2013 - present |
Alabama --Tuskegee University Research Directors |
George W. Carver (deceased) |
1896-1942 |
Austin W. Curtis (deceased) |
1943-1945 |
Russell Brown (deceased) |
1945-1957 |
Clarence T. Mason (deceased) |
1958-1961 |
B.D. Mayberry (deceased) |
1962-1982 |
Bobby Phills |
1882-1985 |
Ralph Noble (Interim) |
1985-1986 |
Walter Hill |
1986-Present |
Tuskegee University Associate Research Directors |
James Allen |
1983-1985 |
Conrad Bonsi |
1987 - Present |
Arkansas - University of Arkansas Pine Bluff Research Directors |
R.C. Davis and O.R. Holiday Coordinators
of Research |
1967-1971 |
S.J. Parker (deceased) |
1971-1982 |
Arthur L. Allen |
1982-1989 |
Mazo Price |
1989-1995 |
Jacquelyn McCray |
1995-2008 |
James O. Garner |
2008-2015 |
Edmund Buckner (see resume from link below) |
2015 - present |
University of Arkansas Pine Bluff Associate Research Directors |
Jacquelyn McCray |
1989-1995 |
James O. Garner |
2001-2008 |
Edmund R. Buckner |
2008-2015 |
Delaware State University Research Directors |
U. S. Washington |
1970-1992 |
Kenneth Bell |
1992-2004 |
Dyremple Marsh |
2004-Present |
Delaware State University Associate Research Directors |
John Graham |
2001-2004 |
Ambrose Anoruo |
2005-2010 |
Marikis Alvarez |
2010-Present |
Florida A&M University Research Directors/Director of Research Activity |
Benjamin L. Perry (deceased) |
1927-1947 |
C.E. Walker (deceased) |
1948-1969 |
Bill Peters (deceased) |
1970-1983 |
Sunil Pancholy |
1983-1997 |
Bobby Phills |
1997-2003 |
Charles Magee (Interim) |
2003-2006 |
Samuel Donald (Interim) |
2006-2008 |
Makola Abdullah |
2008-2011 |
Samuel Donald (Interim) |
2011-2012 |
Robert W. Taylor |
2012-Present |
Florida A&M University Associate Research Directors |
Sunil Pancholy |
1997-2009 |
Moses T. K. Kairo |
2009-2012 |
Stephen Leong |
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Georgia - Fort Valley State University Research Directors |
Cozy Ellison |
1967-1974 |
Ronald K. Abe (Acting Director) |
1974-1975 |
Ocleris Simpson |
1975-1977 |
Melvin E. Walker, Jr. |
1977-1988 |
Charles Magee (Interim Director) |
1988-1990 |
Melvin E. Walker, Jr. |
1990-1998 |
Seyoum Gelaye |
1998-2003 |
Fred Harrison |
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Mack C. Nelson |
2004-2007 |
Mark Latimore (Interim) |
2008-2010 |
Govind Kannan (Interim Asst. Dean for Research) |
2008-2010 |
Govind Kannan (Interim Dean/Research Director) |
2010-2011 |
Govind Kannan |
2011-Present |
Kentucky State University Research Directors |
William J. Fleming, Sr. - Director of Community Research Service |
1972-1982 |
Lionel Williamson - Research Director |
1982-1985 |
Harold R. Benson - Director of Land Grant Programs |
1976 |
Harold R. Benson - Research Director |
1985-2011 |
Teferi Tsegaye |
2011 - 2015 |
Kirk Pomper |
2015 - present |
Kentucky State University Associate Research Directors |
Robert J. Barney |
1988-2010 |
Kirk W. Pomper - Assoc. Research Director and Director of Ag. Exp. Station |
2012 - present |
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Louisiana - Southern University and A&M College |
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Maryland - University of Maryland Eastern Shore Research Directors |
Joseph Wutoh (deceased) |
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C. Dennis Ignasias (deceased) |
1973-1983 |
Mortimer H. Neufville |
1983-1995 |
Carolyn B. Brooks |
1995-2007 |
Gladys Shelton (Acting) |
2007-2011 |
Jurgen Schwarz (Interim) |
2011-2012 |
Moses Kairo |
2012-Present |
University of Maryland Eastern Shore Associate Research Directors |
Arthur L. Allen |
1996-2014 |
Shirley Hymon-Parker |
1997-2009 |
Jurgen Schwarz |
2014-present |
Mississippi - Alcorn State University Research Directors |
Jessie Morris |
1969-1980 |
Johnnie Collins |
1980-1986 |
Samuel Donald |
1986-1993 |
Leroy Davis |
1993-2001 |
Franklin Jackson (V.P. for Institutional Advancement and Interim Research Director) |
2001-2008 |
Barry Bequette |
2009-Present |
Ivory Lyles |
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Alcorn State University Associate Research Directors |
George Bates |
1992-2004 |
Alton Johnson (Interim) |
2009-2012 |
Wesley Whittaker (Interim) |
2013 - 2014 |
Andra Johnson |
2014 - present |
Missouri - Lincoln University Research Directors |
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Michael Heard |
1999-2005 |
Steve Meredith |
2005 - 2013 |
Frieda Eivazi (Interim) |
2013 |
Yvonne Matthews (Interim) |
2013 - present |
Albert Essel |
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Missouri - Lincoln University Associate Research Directors |
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Marjorie Campbell |
2001 - 2004 |
Frieda Eivazi |
2008 - 2013 |
John Yang (Interim) |
2013 - present |
North Carolina A&T State University Research Directors |
Howard Robinson (deceased) |
1965-1982 |
Sidney Evans (deceased) |
1982-1987 |
Burleigh Webb |
1988-1994 |
Daniel Godfrey |
1994-2001 |
Alton Thompson |
2001-2010 |
Donald McDowell (Interim) |
2010-2011 |
William Randle |
2011- 2015 |
Shirley Hymon-Parker (Interim) see resume from link below |
2015 - present |
North Carolina A&T State University Associate Research Directors |
Sidney Evans |
1987-1990 |
Charles Panton |
1990-1999 |
M. Ray McKinnie (Interim) |
1999-2001 |
Carolyn Turner |
2001-2008 |
Richard Robbins (interim) |
2009 |
Shirley Hymon-Parker |
2009-Present |
Valerie Giddens (Interim) |
2015 - present |
Oklahoma - Langston University Research Directors |
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South Carolina State University Research Directors |
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Tennessee State University Research Directors |
David Hamilton |
1967-1971 |
Hazo W. Carter |
1972-1975 |
Handy Williamson |
1975-1985 |
Roland Norman |
1985-1987 |
Troy Wakefield |
1987-1995 |
Carter Catlin, Jr. (Interim) |
1995-1998 |
Stephen Kolison |
1998-2008 |
Chandra Reddy |
2008-Present |
Tennessee State University Associate/Assistant Research Directors |
Carter Catlin |
1979-1984 |
Cater Catlin, Jr. |
1992-1995 |
Carter Catlin, Jr. |
1998- Present |
Texas - Prairie View A&M University Research Directors |
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Virginia State University Research Directors |
Earl A. Allgood (deceased) |
1969-1972 |
Maurice Godley (deceased) |
1972-1980 |
P.S. Benepal |
1980-1990 |
Arthur L. Allen |
1990-1993 |
Winfrey S. Clarke |
1993-2006 |
Wondi Mersie |
2006-Present |
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Virginia State University Associate Research Directors |
P.S. Benepal |
1990-2001 |
Wondi Mersie |
2003-2006 |
West Virginia State University |
Orlando McMeans |
1999- present |
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ARD Executive Directors |
Samuel Donald |
1993-2006 |
Carolyn Brooks |
2006-present |