Student Body Presidents
Complete list of students who have served as Student Body President at NC State.
1920s
First Student Body President
Averette Floyd, 1922Student Body President
David Vansant, 1923Student Body President
Percy Beatty, 1924Student Body President
Clyde Hoey, Jr., 1925Student Body President
Henry Kendall, 1926Student Body President
John Matheson, 1927Student Body President
Cornelius Tucker, 1928Student Body President
William Albright, 1929Student Body President
1930s
Student Body President
Daniel Murray Paul portraitStudent Body President
Charles R. Lefort portraitStudent Body President
Mark Wilson, Jr., 1933Student Body President
William Barker, 1934Student Body President
Marshall Gardner, 1935Student Body President
William Aycock, 1936Student Body President
Lloyd Brown, 1937Student Body President
James Frink, 1938Student Body President
William Bailey, 1939Student Body President
Ernest E. Durham portrait1940s
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Paul H. Lehman Jr. portraitStudent Body President
William Robbins, 1942Student Body President
Robert Boyce, 1943Student Body President
Hugh Murrill, 1944Student Body President
Albert Perry, 1945Student Body President
Lucien Gatlin, 1946Student Body President
Fred Wagoner, 1947Student Body President
Jennings Teal, 1948Student Body President
Student Body President
Hoyle Adams, 19501950s
Student Body President
Jack McCracken, 1952Student Body President
George Pruden, 1952Student Body President
Vincent Outland, 1953Student Body President
Billy Oliver, 1954Student Body President
Lloyd Cheek, 1955First non-senior Student Body President
James Nolan, 1956Student Body President
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Governor James B. Hunt portraitStudent Body President
Student Body President
Haden Knox, 19601960s
Student Body President
James Cooke, 1961Student Body President
Edward Norris Tolson, 1962Student Body President
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Student Body President
John Leslie Atkins, 1964Student Body President
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Student Body President
Student government president Wes McClureStudent Body President
Student Body President
Jack Barger, 19701970s
Cathy Sterling served as the first woman elected student body president.
Cathy Sterling, first woman student body president at North Carolina State UniversityStudent Body President
Portrait of Student body president Richard GuslerStudent Body President
Donald AbernathyStudent Body President
T. C. CarrollStudent Body President
Ron Jessup, 1975Student Body President
Student body president Mary Beth Spina on phoneStudent Body President
Student Government President LuAnne RogersStudent Body President
Blas ArroyoStudent Body President
Tom Hendrickson portraitStudent Body President
J.D. Hayworth, 19801980s
Student Body President
Joseph Gordon, 1982Student Body President
Ron Spivey, 1982Student Body President
Jim Yocum in Student Government Office, 1983Jim Yocum was elected in 1982 and was the first Asian American student body president.
Jim Yocum, 1983Student Body President
Student Body President
Shannon Carson, 1985Student Body President
Jay Everette, NC State University Student Body President, and President Reagan in Reynolds Coliseum during the President's 1985 visit to campusStudent Body President
Kevin Howell was the first African American to serve as student body president from 1987 to 1988. He was a political science major. After graduation, he was hired as the university's primary liaison with state and local governments.
Kevin Howell, 1988Student Body President
Brian Nixon was the second African American to become student body president at NC State.
1990s
Student Body President
Student Body President
Edwin J. Stack, Jr. portraitStudent Body President
Student Body President
Student Body President
Johnson was the third African American elected student body president at NC State.
Robert Johnson Jr.African American students were elected to six top leadership positions. They were Bobby Johnson, Student Body President; Tasha Youngblood, Student Body Treasurer; Kanton Reynolds, Student Body Chief Justice; Tracy Avery, Student Center/UAB President; Christine Verleger, Senior Class President; and Tiffany Price, Senior Class Vice-President;
Nubian Message, April 14, 1994Student Body President
John O'Quinn, 1995Student Body President
Robert T. ZimmerStudent Body President
Chad Myers, 1998Jenny Chang was elected as student body president from 1998 to 1999.
Jenny Chang with Student Government members, 1999Raj Mirchandani was elected as student body president from 1999 to 2000.
Raj Mirchandani, 20002000s
Student Body President
Harold Benjamin PettigrewStudent Body President
Darryl WillieStudent Body President
Michael David AnthonyStudent Body President
Tony CaravanoStudent Body President
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Whil PiavisStudent Body President
Steven QuickStudent Body President
Bobby MillsStudent Body President
Johnny Lee DawkinsStudent Body President
James Ceresnak2010s
Student Body President
Kelly HookStudent Body President
Chandler ThompsonStudent Body President
Student Body President
Matthew WilliamsDuring Parker's term as student body president, student government changed the constitution to create a vice president position with direct succession to the president.
Alex Parker
Rusty Mau, NC State University Student Body President, 2014-2015
Khari CyrusNolan was the first openly GLBTQ-identifying student body president, and Stafford was the first African American student body vice president.
Paul NolanJackie Gonzalez was the first Latinx person elected student body president. Gonzalez and Vice President Mia Connell formed the first woman-of-color team elected into the highest student government offices.
Jackie Gonzalez
Jess Errico
Emma Carter2020s
Melanie Flowers became the first African American woman elected student body president at NC State. She was also elected Chair of the Council of Student Body Presidents for the University of North Carolina System.