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Chowan University seeks applicants for its next president through a partnership with Buffkin/Baker. To learn more or to apply for this position, visit LinkedIn.
The Presidential Search Committee Chair is Jane Burke, jburke@chowan.edu.
Meet President Charles “Chuck” Taylor
Charles “Chuck” Taylor was named Interim President of Chowan University by the Board of Trustees, effective March 30, 2023.
Mr. Taylor has spent the last 54 years serving higher education institutions in North Carolina. A native of Rocky Mount, NC, he holds a B.S. in Business and a Master of Business Administration from East Carolina University. Mr. Taylor began his career in 1968, serving as an instructor and soon after the Vice President for Business at Nash Community Technical Institute, now Nash Community College. After serving in a similar capacity at Vance-Granville Community College, he became the Vice President for Business and Finance at Meredith College in Raleigh, NC, in 1983. He spent 17 years there, becoming the Executive VP and, in 1998, serving as interim president. In 2000, Mr. Taylor joined Wingate University as Executive VP and CFO and retired from full-time service in 2011.
Since 2011, Mr. Taylor has held part-time or interim positions at North Carolina Independent Colleges and Universities in Raleigh, Wingate University, Barton College in Wilson, NC, and North Carolina Wesleyan University in his current home of Rocky Mount. He has also worked as an independent consultant for Wingate, Wesleyan, and Shaw University in Raleigh.
Mr. Taylor and his wife, Carol, have been married for 54 years and have three grown daughters and five grandchildren. He has served as a deacon in four different Baptist churches and chair of deacons in three of them. He and Carol are currently members of Lakeside Baptist in Rocky Mount.
Past Presidents
Archibald McDowell, 1848-1849, 1862-1881
Martin Rudolf Forey, 1849-1854
William Hooper, 1854-1862
John Bruce Brewer, 1881- 1896, 1918-1920
William Oscar Petty, 1896- 1897
John Catre Scarborough, 1897-1909
James Dowden Bruner, 1909-1914
Gustavus Ernest Lineberry, 1914-1918
Preston Stewart Vann, 1920-1923
Charles Preston Weaver, 1923-1925
Ward Blowers Edwards, 1926-1935
Roy Ray McCulloch, 1936-1937
John Lee Carrick, 1937-1941
Henry Haddon Dudley, 1941-1943
Bonnie David Bunn, 1949-1951
Forrest Orion Mixon, 1951-1956
Bruce E. Whitaker, 1957-1989
Jerry Francis Jackson, 1989-1995
Stanley George Lott, 1996-2003
Martin Christopher White, 2003-2018
Kirk Edward Peterson, 2018-2023
Harold Babb, Acting, March 2023
Board of Trustees 2022-23
Terms Expiring December 31, 2022
Stanley E. Dixon, Jr., Winton, NC
Miley W. Glover, Monroe, NC
Cecil S. Hollomon, Jr., Ahoskie, NC
Billy R. Howell, Rocky Mount, NC
Julian R. Mills, Sr., D.Min., Roanoke Rapids, NC
Jane E. Newsome, Winton, NC
Robbie Parker, Williamston, NC
Lisa L. Turner, Murfreesboro, NC
Barry E. Whitaker, Raleigh, NC
Terms Expiring December 31, 2023
Harold W. Babb, Ph.D, Manakin Sabot, VA
Shirley B. Brown, Murfreesboro, NC
Ronald L. Hicks, Fredericksburg, VA
Lloyd L. Hill, Murfreesboro, NC
James T. Johnson, Jr., Ahoskie, NC
Sarah Virginia Parker, Murfreesboro, NC
Anthony W. Rawlings, Sr., Franklin, VA
Deborah B. Vinson, Pendleton, NC
Terms Expiring December 31, 2024
Kemper W. Baker, Powhatan, VA
Francis Lynette Bunch, Murfreesboro, NC
Jane B. Burke, Wilson, NC
Ray Felton, Eure, NC
Elaine E. Myers, Ahoskie, NC
Milton A. Outten, Ashland, VA
Walter F. Pierce, Ahoskie, NC
Charles B. Pond III, Smithfield, VA
Harvey W. Reinhardt, Goldsboro, NC
W. Frank Rose, Jr., Ahoskie, NC
Hugh E. Wilson, Jr., Burlington, NC
Terms Expiring December 31, 2025
Josephy “Blake” Blythe, Winton, NC
Mary Anne Croom, Edenton, NC
James M. Eason, Murfreesboro, NC
Austine O. Evans, Ahoskie, NC
Michael V. Hendley, Sanford, NC
James W. Mason, Harrellsville, NC
Jesse E. Vaughan, Murfreesboro, NC
Linda B. Weaver, Henderson, NC
Garry Whitaker, Winston-Salem, NC
Trustees Emeriti
Dewey W. Wells, Blowing Rock, NC