Dillard University Past Presidents

William Stuart Nelson, LL.D.
1936 – 1940

Albert Dent, L.H.D. ’77
1941 – 1969

Broadus N. Butler, Ph.D., L.H.D. ’19
1969 – 1973

Samuel DuBois Cook, Ph.D., L.H.D. ’00
1974 – 1997

Michael L. Lomax, Ph.D., L.H.D. ’19
1997 – 2004

Marvalene Hughes, Ph.D., L.H.D. ’19
2005 – 2011

Walter M. Kimbrough, Ph.D.
2012 – 2022

Rochelle Ford, Ph.D.
2022 – 2024

PAST INTERIM/ACTING PRESIDENTS