Undergraduate Catalog 
  
    Feb 05, 2025  
Undergraduate Catalog

Presidents of Benedict College



Office of the President

Timothy L. Dodge, D.D. 1871-1876
Lewis Colby, D.D. 1876-1879
E. J. Goodspeed, D.D. 1879-1882
Charles E. Becker, D.D. 1882-1895
Abraham C. Osborn, D.D., L.L.D. 1895-1911
Byron W. Valentine, A. M. 1911-1921
Clarence B. Antisdel, D.D., L.L.D. 1921-1930
John J. Starks, A.B., A.M., D.D., L.L.D. 1930-1944
John A. Bacoats, A.B., A.M., B.D., D.D., L.L.D 1944-1965
Benjamin F. Payton, B.A., B.D., M.A., Ph.D. 1967-1972
Henry Ponder, B.S., M.S., Ph.D. 1973-1984
Marshall C. Grigsby, B.A., Th.M., D.Mn. 1985-1993
David H. Swinton, BA., M.A., Ph.D. 1994-2017
Roslyn Clark Artis, B.A., J.D., Ed.D. 2017-Present

Acting/Interim Presidents of Benedict College

T. J. Hanberry, A.B., M.S., Ped.D. 1965-1967
Luns C. Richardson, A.B., M.A., Ped.D. 1972-1973
Betty S. Shearin, B.S. 1984-1985
Ruby W. Watts, B.A., M.A., Ph.D. 1993-1994
Ruby W. Watts, B.A., MA, Ph.D. 2017-2017