Recognition of Legacy
Founders Day Gala XVIII
Join us for Founders Day Gala XVIII, hosted by the ECSU Foundation, Inc., on Saturday, March 15, 2025, at the K. E. White Graduate Center.
Reception | 6:00 p.m.
Program | 7:00 p.m.
This festive event celebrates the ECSU Foundation’s dedication to higher education and student success, with proceeds supporting the General Scholarship Fund.
Enjoy an elegant dinner, live music, and the recognition of the 2025 Chancellor’s Legacy Award recipients.
Sponsorships and Advertisements are available now.
Limited tickets are available now.
Location
K. E. White Graduate Center
Address
1862 Edgewood Drive, Elizabeth City, NC 27909
Hotel Accommodations
Hotel accommocations are available at:
Fairfield Inn & Suites Elizabeth City
1640 City Center Blvd., Elizabeth City, NC 27909
Reserve your room by phone at 252.333.1003
Rooms are available March 14- 15 at the group reservation rate of $169 per night, plus tax.
To receive this rate, checkout should be no later than March 16, 2025 and guests must inform the booking agent that you are attending the Gala for ECSU.
Addtional accommodations are available at
Hampton Inn Elizabeth City
402 Halstead Boulevard, Elizabeth City, North Carolina, 27909
Rates and information available at 252.333.1800
Division of University Advancement
ECSU Foundation, Inc.
Previous Gala Honorees
Phyllis C. Elmore ’82
Dr. Lenora Jarvis-Mackey ’66
Senator Gladys Robinson
Gwendolyn Sanders ’77
Mr. James E. Swimpson ’62
Dr. Eyualem Abebe
Ulysses Bell, J. D. ’65
Dr. Saundra Sellars Copeland ’71
Virginia Lawrence Houston
Tony E. Lassiter ’86
Senator Bob Steinburg
Dr. Sandra Singleton Newsome ’70
Delores Locke McClain ’70
Dr. Marcus Newsome ’75
Ernest G. Murphrey
Celeste Carr Williams ’64
Mary L. Cates ’61
Dr. Laura Walton Buffaloe ’65
Brigadier General Richard Harrison ’94
Larry Johnson, Sr. ’73 and the 1971 CIAA Championship Football Team
Ziner Johnson Alexander ’66
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina
Emmanuel D. Harris
Dr. Ali A Khan
Abdul Sm Rasheed ’71
Rear Admiral Keith Smith
Ethel Faye Gregory Sutton ’65
Billy C. Hines
Norma M. James ’88
Joyce E. Long ’54
Justina M. Long ’54
Barbara Barnes Sutton ’74
Anthony “Tony” Swain ’82
Johnnie B. Walton ’69
Biggs Cadillac Buick GMC
John Shelton Best ’70
Dr. Ronald H Blackmon
Dr. Mary Albritton Douglas ’52
LTC Tyron W Eason (ret) ’86
Andy Hartsfield
Paul A. Norman ’81
Susie Sharpless Hodges ’65
Dr. Helen H. Muldrow
Honorable Bettie J. Parker ’71
Dr. Glen Bowman
Dennis Earl Leary
Dr. Richard L. Lucas, Jr.
Billie Joe Reid ’70
Estella Hall Simons ’55
(Former ECSU First Ladies)
Lula G. Thorpe
Dr. Faleese Moore-Jenkins ’66
LaVera Levels Burnim
Jacqueline Johnson Gilchrist ’72
Brenda Becton
Gwendolyn D. Bowser ’69
Jeff Dixon
Dr. Linda Hayden
Colonel Rodney Haggins ’87
Dr. Darnell Johnson ’73
Dr. Stephanie Bailey Johnson ’74
Mary Elizabeth Sharpe ’57
Cecil Perry
Argle Whitfield ’65
Willis Langley ’70
Willie Stewart, Jr ’69
Richard Olson
Lieutenant Commander Navin L Griffin ’00
Dr. Shirley Murphy Turnage ’67
Carroll Hurdle ’66
Norris Earl Francis ’64
Mike Chandler
Elston Howell ’88
Congressman G. K. Butterfield
Commander Warren Judge ’97
Dr. Stephanie Dance-Barnes ’97
Norman M. Cherry, Sr ’64
Todd W. Tilley ’95
Patricia Youngblood ’84
Bishop Kim W. Brown
Roger McLean
Mark R. Brown, Jr ’95
Dr. Lindsey L. White
Randy M. Jones ’96
Colonel Warline S. Richardson ’90
Reverend Vonner G. Horton
Colonel Thurinton W Harvell, Sr ’88
Edna Gray Randolph ’45
Philip R. Johnson
Danny and Carol Flowers
Dr. Roger Hathaway ’72
Leonard Carmichael ’72
Matthew Lewis, Jr ’64
Cola Ashe
Dr. Helen Marshall Caldwell
The Honorable Melvin Daniels, Jr
Colonel Mechelle Hale ’88
Wanda Hunt McLean
Jethro Pugh ’65
Dr. Claude M. Odom
Frank H. Skidmore, Jr
Julius Walker, Jr ’67
Linwood Williams ’69
Dr. Charles Cherry ’63
Dr. Claudie Mackey ’65
The Honorable Annie Ward Mobley ’63
Dr. Dwayne K. Stallings
Captain Christopher E. Austin ’85
Colonel Randy Braxton Bell (ret) ’72
Captain Roosevelt R. Wright, Jr (ret) ’64
Pedro Holley, Sr ’74
Dr. Johnny L. Houston
Melvyn N. Riley ’61
Vonda Reed Riley ’65
(No recognitions)