Presidents of Huston-Tillotson University

Samuel Huston College

• 1876 – 1882
  Dr. George O. Richardson
• 1882 – 1885
  Mrs. Caroline A. Richardson
• 1885 – 1888
  Dr. Thomas M. Dart
• 1900 – 1916
  Dr. Reuben Shannon Lovinggood
• 1916 – 1917
  Dr. J. W. Frazier, Interim President
• 1917 – 1920
  Dr. Mathew Simpson Davage
• 1920 – 1923
  Dr. Joseph P. Randolph
• 1923 – 1926
  Bishop Robert N. Brooks
• 1926 – 1930
  Dr. Thomas Russell Davis
• 1930 – 1932
  Bishop Willis J. King
• 1932 – 1943
  Dr. Stanley E. Graunnum
• 1943 – 1948
  Dr. Karl Everett Downs
• 1948 – 1952
  Dr. Robert F. Harrington

Tillotson College

• 1881 – 1884
  Dr. William E. Brooks
• 1884 – 1886
  Dr. John Kershaw
• 1886 – 1888
  Dr. Henry L. Hubbell
• 1888 – 1894
  Dr. William M. Brown
• 1894 – 1896
  Dr. Winfield S. Goss
• 1896 – 1902
  Dr. Marshall R. Gaines
• 1902 – 1905
  Dr. Arthur W. Partch
• 1905 – 1918
  Dr. Isaac Merrit Agard
• 1918 – 1924
  Dr. Francis Wayland Fletcher
• 1924 – 1930
  Dr. J. T. Hodges
• 1930 – 1944
  Dr. Mary Elizabeth Branch
• 1944 – 1952
  Dr. William H. Jones

Huston-Tillotson University

• 1952 – 1955
  Dr. Mathew Simpson Davage
• 1955 – 1965
  Dr. John Jarvis Seabrook
• 1965 – 1988
  Dr. John Q. Taylor King, Sr

  HT’s longest serving President

• 1988 – 2000
  Dr. Joseph Turner McMillan, Jr.
• 2000 – 2015
  Dr. Larry L. Earvin
• 2015 – 2022
  Dr. Colette Pierce Burnette

  First female to serve as President of HT

• 2022 – Present
  
  Dr. Melva K. Wallace

*July 1, 2022, to August 15, 2022, Dr. Archibald Vanderpuye served as the Interim President