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Four presidents served from 1991 to 2001 : Dr . Harold W . Lundy , Dr . Raymond Hicks , Dr . Leonard Haynes III and Dr . Steve A . Favors .
Grambling State University ’ s first female president , Dr . Neari Francois Warner , served a three-year interim term until the selection of Dr . Horace Judson , who became the institution ’ s seventh president in 2004 . After leading an ambitious five-year campaign to rebuild the institution ' s facilities , Judson resigned in 2009 . After Judson ' s departure , Frank G . Pogue , Ph . D ., a highly respected educator and administrator with a distinguished 47-year career in higher education assumed the role of interim president and was later named the university ' s eighth president . Prior to his selection as president , Dr . Pogue served as the president of Edinboro University of Pennsylvania , interim president at Chicago State University and State University of New York ( SUNY ) -Cobleskill . Dr . Pogue retired after serving a five-year term as president .
Dr . Cynthia Warrick , Ph . D ., R . Ph . was named as interim president in 2014 during the presidential search . Warrick ventured into higher education 16 years ago serving in multi-faceted leadership roles as an administrator , public servant , healthcare professional , environmental research scientist , faculty member , and accreditation reviewer .
Dr . Willie D . Larkin , Ph . D . was named ninth university president in 2015 ( May ) and served a one-year term . Dr . Larkin had previously served as Chief of Staff to leaders of Morgan State University and the University of Wisconsin Colleges , where he worked directly with the chancellor , and the president at Morgan State University , to provide oversight of nearly 3,000 employees and an operating budget of more than $ 300 million . At Auburn University , he was the faculty advisor to the university ’ s Board of Trustees and the first African American to chair the university ’ s 90-member University Senate .
Our current president is Richard J . Gallot , Jr .
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