The University of North Carolina at Pembroke Commencement Speakers Cherokee Indian Normal School May 31, 1940 Dr. Julian S. Miller, ed. Charlotte Observer Pembroke State College for Indians (1941) May 30, 1941 June 2, 1942 May 30, 1948 (Baccalaureate) June 4, 1948 (Graduation) Dr. Shelton Phelps, President, Winthrop College Dr. George S. Mitchell, Assistant Administrator, F.S.A., Washington, DC Dr. R. D. Wellons, President, Pembroke State College for Indians Bishop S. K. Mondol of the Methodist Church of India Pembroke State College (1949) June 5, 1949 (Baccalaureate) June 6, 1949 (Graduation) May 28, 1950 (Baccalaureate) June 2, 1950 (Graduation) June 3, 1951 (Baccalaureate) June 8, 1951 (Graduation) June 1, 1952 (Baccalaureate) June 6, 1952 (Graduation) May 3, 1953 (Baccalaureate) June 5, 1953 (Graduation) May 30, 1954 (Baccalaureate) Dr. R. D. Wellons, President, Pembroke State College Dr. C. Sylvester Green, Ed., Durham Herald Dr. R. D. Wellons, President, Pembroke State College Dr. Sidney R. Montague, Canadian Royal Mounted Police Dr. J. Glenn Blackburn, Pastor, Wake Forest Baptist Church and Chaplin of Wake Forest College Mr. Mayne R. Albright, Attorney (Ran for governor of North Carolina Dr. R. D. Wellons, President, Pembroke State College Walter Foster Anderson, Director, North Carolina Prisons Dr. M.A. Huggins, North Carolina Baptist Association Dr. E. Wright Spears, President, Columbia College Rev. Charles M. Jones, Pastor, Community Church of Chapel Hill
June 4, 1954 (Graduation) June 5, 1955 (Baccalaureate) June 6, 1955 (Graduation) May 27, 1956 (Baccalaureate) May 31, 1956 (Graduation) June 5, 1957 (Baccalaureate) June 7, 1957 (Graduation) June 1, 1958 (Baccalaureate) June 2, 1958 (Graduation) May 31, 1959 (Baccalaureate) June 1, 1959 (Graduation) May 29, 1960 (Baccalaureate) May 30, 1960 (Graduation) May 28, 1961 (Baccalaureate) May 29, 1961 (Graduation) June 3, 1962 (Baccalaureate) June 4, 1962 (Graduation) Dr. Merrill B. McFall, Pastor, First United Methodist Church of Bloomington, Indiana Rev. E. Ahmad Shah, Professor of Philosophy, Lucknow University Dr. Howard P. Powell, Pastor, Edenton Street Methodist Church, Raleigh, NC Bishop S. K. Mondol, of the Methodist Church of Hyderabad, India The Honorable Luther Hodges, Governor of the State of North Carolina Rev. George Richman, Pastor, English Street Baptist Church, High Point, NC Dillard S. Gardner Marshall, Librarian of the Supreme Court Lt. Col. Samuel T. Hiebert, Th.d., Post Chaplin, Ft. Bragg The Honorable Malcolm B. Seawell, Attorney General, State of North Carolina Dr. L. Stacy Weaver, President, Methodist College, Fayetteville NC Dr. Wesley W. Walton, Director Educational Testing Service, Princeton, NJ Dr. William E. Tucker, President, Atlantic Christian College, Wilson, NC Major L. P. McLendon, Chairman, Board of Higher Education, State of North Carolina Dr. Ansley Moore, President, St. Andrews Presbyterian College, Laurinburg, NC Dr. A. H. Edens, President, Duke University, Durham, NC Dr. Sydnor L. Stealey, President, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, Wake Forest, NC Dr. Arthur D. Wenger, President, Atlantic Christian College, Wilson, NC
June 2, 1963 (Baccalaureate) June 3, 1963 (Graduation) May 31, 1964 (Baccalaureate) June 1, 1964 (Graduation) May 30, 1965 (Baccalaureate) May 30, 1965 (Graduation) May 29, 1966 (Baccalaureate) May 30, 1966 (Graduation) May 28, 1967 (Baccalaureate) May 29, 1967 (Graduation) August 11, 1967 (Summer) May 26, 2968 (Baccalaureate) May 26, 1968 (Graduation) Dr. J. Lem Stokes II, President, Pfeiffer College, Misenheimer, NC Dr. William C. Archie, Director, North Carolina Board of Higher Education Dr. Ralph Wellons, Durham, NC, Retired President, Pembroke State College, Pembroke, NC Dr. Earl C. Lowry, President, Iowa Medical Service, Des Moines, Iowa Dr. W. R. Wagoner, General Superintendent, Baptist Children s Homes of N.C. The Honorable Edwin Gill, State Treasurer, Raleigh N.C. Dr. Ansley Moore, President, St. Andrews Presbyterian College, Laurinburg, NC Dr. John T. Caldwell, Chancellor, NC State University Rev. James A. Auman, Executive Director, Association of Methodist Colleges, Raleigh, NC Dr. Harold Tribble, President, Wake Forest University Dr. Bruce E. Whitaker, President, Chowan College, Murfreesboro, NC Dr. W. Perry Crouch, Secretary/Treasurer Baptist State Convention of North Carolina Dr. Paul A. Reid, President of Western Carolina College, Cullowhee, NC Pembroke State University (1969) May 25, 1969 (Baccalaureate) May 26, 1969 (Graduation) May 31, 1970 (Baccalaureate) June 1, 1970 (Graduation) Dr. Olin T. Binkley, President, Southeastern Baptist Seminary, Wake Forest, NC Dr. Leo Jenkins, President, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC Dr. Jack J. Early, President Pfeiffer College, Misenheimer, NC Dr. W.H. Plemmons, Appalachian University, Boone, NC
August 14, 1970 (Summer) May 30, 1971 Baccalaureate) (Missing Program) May 30, 1971 (Graduation) (Missing Program) May 14, 1972 May 13, 1973 May 12, 1974 May 11, 1975 May 9, 1976 May 8, 1977 May 14, 1978 May 13, 1979 May 11, 1980 May 10, 1981 May 8, 1982 May 7, 1983 May 12, 1984 May 11, 1985 Dr. Harry C. Kelly, Provost, North Carolina State University, Raleigh NC Dr. Edwin G. Wilson, Provost of Wake Forest University Dr. Harold Lindbergh (Lindy) Martin, Dean of Student Services, Samford University, Birmingham, AL Dr. James Ralph Seales, President, Wake Forest University The Honorable James B. Hunt, Lt. Governor, State of North Carolina Dr. John P. Kennedy, Secretary of the UNC System Dr. William A. Dees, Jr., Chairman of the Board of Governors of the University of North Carolina System The Honorable Robert Morgan, Senator, State of North Carolina Dr. George Curry, Secretary, University of South Carolina System Dr. Allan W. Ostar, Executive Director, American Association of State Colleges and Universities, Washington, DC Dr. William A. Johnson, Chair, UNC Board of Governors Dr. James L. Fisher, President of the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) The Honorable John R. Jordan, Jr. Chair, Board of Governors Mr. Joseph E. Sandlin, President, Southern National Bank Mr. Sam Ragan, ed. and publisher, The Pilot, Southern Pines, NC Dr. Christopher C. Fordham, III, Chancellor, UNC-Chapel Hill Mr. Philip G. Carson, Chair, UNC Board of Governors
May 10, 1986 Mr. Hector McLean, Chair of the Board, Southern National Bank May 9, 1987 (Centennial) Opening New Doors From the Board of Trustees From the Students From the Faculty From the Alumni May 7, 1988 May 6, 1989 May 5, 1990 May 11, 1991 May 9, 1992 May 8, 1993 May 7, 1994 May 13, 1995 May 11, 1996 Mr. Denis Lowry, Chair, Board of Trustees Ms Monica Midgette, President, SGA Mrs. Ann Wells, Chair, Faculty Senate Anthony Locklear, President, Alumni Association Dr. Gary H. Quehl, President of the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education Dr. Betty L. Siegel, President, Kennesaw College Kennesaw, GA Mr. James A. Thomas, President, Thomas Properties, Group, Los Angeles, CA The Honorable Terry Sanford, US Senator Mr. Charles Sumner Chuck Stone, Jr. Professor UNC-CH, Nationally Syndicated Columnist The Honorable Charlie Rose, US Representative Mr. Charlie Gaddy, WRAL TV Anchorman Coach Kelvin D. Sampson, Men s Head Basketball Coach, University of Oklahoma The Honorable James B. Hunt, Jr., Governor of the State of North Carolina The University of North Carolina at Pembroke, July 1, 1996 May 10, 1997 May 16, 1998 May 15, 1999 December 15, 1999 (Winter) May 13, 2000 Mr. Archie Randolph (A.R.) Ammons, Goldwin Smith Professor of Poetry, Cornell University Dr. William (Bill) Cosby, Jr., TV Personality The Honorable Mike McIntyre, U.S. Representative Dr. Peter Wish, Recipient of the 1999 UNC Board of Governors Award for Teaching Excellence Charles Peete Rose, Jr., Broadcast Journalist
December 20, 2000 (Winter) May 12, 2001 Dr. Richard Vela, Recipient of the 2000 UNC Board of Governors Award for Teaching Excellence Ms. Josephine Humphries, Author December 15, 2001 (Winter) Dr. Shelby D. Stephenson, Recipient of the 2001 May 11, 2002 December 14, 2002 (Winter) May 10, 2003 The Honorable Charles G. Rose, III, 7 th District Representative Retired Dr. Paul Flowers, Recipient of the 2002 UNC Board of Governors Award for Teaching Excellence The Honorable John Edwards, US Senator December 13, 2003 (Winter) Dr. Jeffery L. Geller, Recipient of the 2003 May 8, 2004 December 11, 2004 (Winter) May 7, 2005 The Honorable Elizabeth Dole, US Senator Dr. Patricia Valenti, Recipient of the 2004 UNC Board of Governors Award for Teaching Excellence The Honorable Richard Burr, US Senator December 10, 2005 (Winter) Dr. Nancy Barrineau, Recipient of the 2005 May 6, 2006 Dr. Molly Corbett Broad, President Emerita, UNC December 9, 2006 (Winter) Dr. Robert Brown, Recipient of the 2006 May 5, 2007 Mr. Pat Conroy, Author December 8, 2007 (Winter) Dr. Jose J. D Arruda, Recipient of the 2007 May 3, 2008 Mr. Scott Turow, Author December 13, 2008 (Winter) Dr. Mark Canada, Recipient of the 2008 May 2, 2009 The Honorable Mike McIntyre, U.S. Congressman, 7 th District December 12, 2009 (Winter) Dr. Susan Cannata, Recipient of the 2009
May 8, 2010 The Honorable James W. Oxendine, Senior Superior Court Judge, Retired December 11, 2010 (Winter) Dr. Elizabeth Maisonpierre, Recipient of the 2010 May 6, 2011 (Graduate) May 7, 2011 (Undergraduate) December 9, 2011 (Graduate) December 10, 2011 (Undergraduate) May 4, 2012 (Graduate) May 5, 2012 (Undergraduate) December 7, 2012 (Graduate) December 8, 2012 (Undergraduate) May 3, 2013 (Graduate) May 4, 2013 (Undergraduate) December 6, 2013 (Graduate) December 7, 2013 (Undergraduate) Dr. Charles R. Jenkins (emeritus) Professor in the School of Education Dr. Kyle R. Carter, Chancellor, UNCP Mr. Newy Scruggs, UNCP Board of Trustees & Sports Director and Anchor for NBC Dallas-Fort Worth affiliate Mr. Newy Scruggs, UNCP Board of Trustees & Sports Director and Anchor for NBC Dallas-Fort Worth affiliate Dr. Joseph Lakotos, Professor in the School of Business Dr. Kevin Gover, Director of the Smithsonian Institution s National Museum of the American Indian Dr. David Nikkel, Chair, Philosophy & Religion Dept. & Recipient of the UNC Board of Governors Award for Teaching Excellence for 2012 Dr. David Nikkel, Chair, Philosophy & Religion Dept. & Recipient of the UNC Board of Governors Award for Teaching Excellence for 2012 Dr. Arlinda Locklear, Pembroke native, Native American attorney and former member of the UNCP Board of Trustees Dr. Arlinda Locklear, Pembroke native, Native American attorney and former member of the UNCP Board of Trustees Dr. Tim Ritter, Professor, Chemistry and Physics Recipient of the UNC Board of Governors Award for Teaching Excellence for 2013 Dr. Tim Ritter, Professor, Chemistry and Physics Recipient of the UNC Board of Governors Award for Teaching Excellence for 2013
May 9, 2014 (Graduate) May 10, 2014 (Undergraduate) US Air Force Brigadier General Allen J. Jamerson, Director of Security Forces and deputy chief of staff for Logistics, Installations and Mission Support at Air Force Headquarters in Washington, D.C. BA 1983, BS 1986 UNCP US Air Force Brigadier General Allen J. Jamerson, Director of Security Forces and deputy chief of staff for Logistics, Installations and Mission Support at Air Force Headquarters in Washington, D.C. BA 1983, BS 1986 UNCP Updated April 16, 2014