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List of Shaw University people

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This is a list of notable alumni of Shaw University in Raleigh, North Carolina.

Notable alumni

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Academics

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Arts and entertainment

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Business

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Civil rights

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Government

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Law

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Journalism

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Religion

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Science and medicine

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Sports

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Presidents of Shaw University

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List of presidents of Shaw University (* indicates alumni)
Name Tenure
Henry Martin Tupper 1865–1893
Nicholas Franklin Roberts 1893–1894 (acting)
Charles Francis Meserve 1894–1919
Joseph Leishman Peacock 1920–1931
William Stuart Nelson 1931–1936
Robert Prentiss Daniel 1936–1950
William Russell Strassner 1951–1962
James Edward Cheek* 1963–1969
King Virgil Cheek* 1969–1971
J. Archie Hargraves 1971–1977
Stanley Hugh Smith 1978–1986
John Lucas 1986–1987 (interim)
Talbert O. Shaw 1988–2002
Clarence G. Newsome 2003–2009
Dorothy Cowser Yancy 2009–2010 (interim)
Irma McClaurin 2010–2011
Dorothy Cowser Yancy 2011–2013
Gaddis Faulcon 2013–2015 (interim)
Tashni-Ann Dubroy* 2015–2017
Paulette Dillard 2017–present

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