List of North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University alumni
This list of North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University alumni includes graduates, non-graduate former students, and current students of North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University (N.C. A&T), a public, coeducational, high research activity, land-grant university, located in Greensboro, North Carolina, United States.
North Carolina A&T is one of 16 public universities that constitute the University of North Carolina System, and one of the first public universities in the United States.[1] Founded in 1891 as the "Agricultural and Mechanical college for the Colored Race," N.C. A&T was the first land grant college for people of color in the state of North Carolina.[2] Over the 100 plus years of the university's existence, the academic scope expanded to encompass other disciplines. The North Carolina General Assembly redefined N.C. A&T as a regional university and through legislation made it a member of the University of North Carolina System in 1971.[2]
As of 2014, North Carolina A&T had about 40,000 living alumni.[3]
Alumni
Education
Alumni | Class year | Notability | Reference(s) |
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Harold Franklin | First Black student to attend Auburn University | ||
James A. Hefner | 1961 (B.S.), | Economist; seventh president of Jackson State University; sixth president of Tennessee State University | [4][5] |
Melvin N. Johnson | 1968 (B.S.) | Economist; seventh president of Tennessee State University (2005–2011) | [6] |
Harold L. Martin | (B.S.) (M.S.) | Engineer; twelfth chancellor of Winston-Salem State University; twelfth chancellor of North Carolina A&T; first and only alumnus to serve as chancellor of the university | [7] |
Lynn Perry Wooten | Ninth president of Simmons University | [8] |
Science and technology
Alumni | Class year | Notability | Reference(s) |
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Quincy K. Brown | 1995 (B.S.) | Computer scientist and former Senior Policy Advisor in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy | [9] |
Ronald McNair | 1971 (B.S.) | Physicist and NASA astronaut; died during the launch of the Space Shuttle Challenger on mission STS-51-L | [10] |
Civics
Alumni | Class year | Notability | Reference(s) |
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Alma Adams | 1969 (B.S.) 1972 (M.S.) | Democratic member of the North Carolina House of Representatives; 58th District | [11] |
Patrick Cannon | 1991 (B.S.) | Former Democratic Mayor of Charlotte, North Carolina | [12][13] |
Henry Frye | 1953 (B.S.) | First African American Justice and Chief Justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court; first African American member of the North Carolina General Assembly | [14][15] |
John A. Houston | 1974 (B.S.) | Judge, United States District Court for the Southern District of California | [16] |
Jesse Jackson Jr. | 1987 (B.S.) | Former politician who represented Illinois's 2nd congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives (1995–2012) | [17] |
Quincy Murphy | 1974 (B.S.) | Businessman and Democratic politician who served as a member of the Georgia House of Representatives; 127th district (2002–2013) | [18] |
Poon Chi-fai | (B.S.) no year given | Member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong and Kwun Tong District Board | [19] |
Johnnie B. Rawlinson | 1974 (B.A.) | Judge for the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit | [20] |
Michael S. Regan | 1998 (B.S.) | Secretary of the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality (2017–present) and nominee to be administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (2021) | [21] |
Edolphus Towns | 1956 (B.S.) | Retired politician who represented the state of New York in the United States House of Representatives (1983–2013) | [14] |
Jake Wheatley | 1956 (B.S.) | Democratic politician representing the state of Pennsylvania; 19th District | [14] |
Civil rights
Alumni | Class year | Notability | Reference(s) |
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Randolph Blackwell | (no year indicated) | Civil rights activist; emphasized economic development for poor African Americans; former program director of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference; former director of Southern Rural Action | [22] |
Walter P. Carter | (no year indicated) | Civil rights activist and a central figure in Baltimore's civil rights movement, organizing demonstrations against discrimination throughout Maryland | [23] |
Jacqueline Jackson | (no year indicated) | Author; peace activist | [24] |
Jesse Jackson Sr. | 1964 (B.S.) | Civil rights activist; Baptist minister; candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination (1984 and 1988); shadow U.S. Senator for the District of Columbia (1991–1997); founder of the organizations that merged to form Rainbow/Push Coalition | [25] |
Jonathan Jackson | 1987 (B.S.) | Business professor, entrepreneur, social justice advocate, national spokesman for the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition | [26] |
Jibreel Khazan (born Ezell A. Blair, Jr.) | 1963 (B.S.) | Civil rights activist and member of the Greensboro Four/A&T Four; staged a sit-in at the Woolworth lunch counter in downtown Greensboro on February 1, 1960 | [27] |
Franklin McCain | 1963 (B.S.) | Civil rights activist and member of the Greensboro Four/A&T Four; staged a sit-in at the Woolworth lunch counter in downtown Greensboro on February 1, 1960 | [28][29] |
Joseph McNeil | 1963 (B.S.) | Civil rights activist and member of the Greensboro Four/A&T Four; staged a sit-in at the Woolworth lunch counter in downtown Greensboro on February 1, 1960 | [28] |
David Richmond | (attended) 1990 (PhD)[Notes 1] | Civil rights activist and member of the Greensboro Four/A&T Four; staged a sit-in at the Woolworth lunch counter in downtown Greensboro on February 1, 1960 | [28][30] |
Corporate and business
Alumni | Class year | Notability | Reference(s) |
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Janice Bryant Howroyd | (no year indicated) (B.A.) | Entrepreneur; founder and CEO of ACT-1 Group, the largest minority woman-owned employment agency in the US | [31] |
Joe Dudley | 1962 (B.S.) | Businessman and hair care entrepreneur; founder, president and CEO of Dudley Products Inc., a manufacturer and distributor of hair and skin care products for the African American community | [32] |
Hilda Pinnix-Ragland | 1977 (B.S.) | Businesswoman and philanthropist; first African-American vice president at Progress Energy Inc and Duke Energy | [33] |
Arts and entertainment
Alumni | Class year | Notability | Reference(s) |
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Lou Donaldson | (no year indicated) | Jazz alto saxophonist; 2012 inductee to the North Carolina Music Hall of Fame | [34] |
Taraji P. Henson | Transferred to Howard University | Actress | [35] |
Terrence J | 2004 (B.A.) | Actor and television personality; host of BET's 106 & Park; co-anchor of E! News | [36] |
Sybil Lynch | 1985 (B.A.) | R&B and pop singer–songwriter | [37] |
Warren Ballentine | (no year indicated) | Motivational speaker, attorney, political activist, and radio talk show host | [38] |
Military
Alumni | Class year | Notability | Reference(s) |
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Clara Leach Adams-Ender | 1961 (B.S.) | Former Chief of the United States Army Nurse Corps (1987–1991); first woman to receive her master's degree in military arts and sciences from the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College; first African-American nurse corps officer to graduate from the United States Army War College | [39] |
Athletics
Alumni | Class year | Notability | Reference(s) |
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Tom Alston | (No Year Indicated) | Former Major League Baseball first baseman; first African-American player for the St. Louis Cardinals | [40] |
Tevester Anderson | 1971 (M.S.) | Retired college basketball coach; former men's head coach at Jackson State University and Murray State University | [41] |
Al Attles | 1960 (B.A.)/(B.S.) | Retired NBA player; one of the first African-American coaches in the NBA when he was named player-coach of the Golden State Warriors during the 1969–70 season | [32][42] |
Bob Beamon | (Transferred to University of Texas at El Paso) | Former Olympic athlete; known for setting a 22-year world record in the long jump at the 1968 Summer Olympics | [43] |
Christopher Belcher | 2018 | World class international sprinter, broke 10-second barrier in 100 meters | [44] |
Elvin Bethea | (no year indicated) | 2003 Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee; played with the NFL's Houston Oilers; first N.C. A&T alum elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame | [45] |
Joe Binion | 1984 | Retired NBA player; played for the Portland Trail Blazers | [46] |
Dwaine Board | 1979 | Former NFL player and coach; played for the San Francisco 49ers and New Orleans Saints (1979–1988); four-time Super Bowl champion (XVI, XIX, XXIII and XXIX) | [47] |
Jessie Britt | (no year indicated) | Former NFL player for the Pittsburgh Steelers | [48] |
Joseph Bunn | (Transferred to Old Dominion University) | Professional basketball player | [49] |
Tarik Cohen | 2017 | NFL player for the Chicago Bears | |
Warren Davis | (no year given) | Former ABA and NBA player | [50] |
Curtis Deloatch | 2003 | Former NFL player; played with the New York Giants, New Orleans Saints, and Carolina Panthers | [51] |
Hugh Evans | (no year indicated) | Former NBA referee (1972–2001); currently assistant supervisor of officials in the NBA front office | [52] |
Maurice Hicks | 2002 | Former NFL player; played with the Chicago Bears, San Francisco 49ers, and Minnesota Vikings | [53] |
Al Holland | No Year Indicated | Retired Major League Baseball relief pitcher; 1983 National League Relief Pitcher of the Year and 1984 MLB All Star | [54] |
Mamie Johnson | no year indicated | Former professional baseball player; one of three women, and the first female pitcher, to play in the Negro leagues | [55] |
Jamal Jones | 2003 | Former NFL player; played with the Green Bay Packers and the New Orleans Saints | [56] |
Connell Maynor | 1995 | Head coach of the Hampton Pirates | [57] |
Ruth Morris | (no year indicated) | Sprinter who represented the United States Virgin Islands at the 1988 and 1992 Summer Olympic Games; first A&T athlete to ever compete at the Olympics | [58] |
Brandon Parker | 2018 | NFL player for the Oakland Raiders | [59] |
Mel Phillips | (no year indicated) | Former NFL player, now coach; played his entire 12-year NFL career with the San Francisco 49ers; assistant coach with the Miami Dolphins (1985–present) | [60] |
George Ragsdale | 1975 | Former professional football player with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers; current college football coach | [61] |
Randolph Ross | 2022 | Sprinter, gold medalist at 2020 Summer Olympics in the 4 × 400 metres relay | |
Rodney Rowe | 2018 | World class international sprinter for the United States | [62] |
George Small | 1979 (B.S.) | College football coach at Florida A&M University; coached N.C. A&T to 2003 MEAC football championship | [63] |
J.D. Smith | 1955 | Former NFL player; played with the Chicago Bears, San Francisco 49ers, and Dallas Cowboys; fifth all-time on the 49ers' career rushing yardage list (4,370 yards) | [64] |
J.R. Smith | 2025 | Two-time National Basketball Association Champion with the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Los Angeles Lakers; joined the A&T golf team upon enrolling in 2021 | |
Maurice Smith | 1999 | Retired NFL player; played with the Atlanta Falcons and Green Bay Packers | [65] |
Trevor Stewart | 2020 | Sprinter, gold and bronze medalist at 2020 Summer Olympics in the 4 X 400 and mixed 4 x 400 meter relays | |
Claude Williams | 1988 | Professional basketball player | [66] |
Miscellaneous
Alumni | Class year | Notability | Reference(s) |
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Khalid Sheikh Mohammed | 1986 (B.S.) | Senior leader of Al-Qaeda, "principal architect" of the September 11 attacks | [67][68] |
Ryan Wesley Routh | Dropped out after two semesters | Suspect in an attempted assassination of former U.S. President Donald Trump in September 2024. | [69] |
Notes
- ^ David Richmond was posthumously awarded an honorary doctorate of humanities degree at his funeral services on December 12, 1990.
- Al Attles graduated from N.C. A&T with both a B.A. in History and a B.S. in Physical Education.
- Franklin McCain received bachelor's degrees in both biology and chemistry from A&T in 1964.
References
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- 1969 Greensboro uprising
- A&T Four
- Jibreel Khazan formerly Ezell A. Blair
- Franklin McCain
- Joseph McNeil
- David Richmond
- Greensboro sit-ins
- Alumni
- Blue and Gold Marching Machine
- "Dear A&T" (Alma Mater)
- Fraternities and Sororities
- "NC A&T Aggie Fight Song"
- "Old Aggie Spirit"
- A&T Register (Newspaper)
- WNAA 90.1FM (Radio)