List of presidents of Clark Atlanta University

The following is a list of presidents of Clark Atlanta University, and a list of the presidents of the precursor schools of Atlanta University and Clark College which merged in 1989.

Atlanta University
• Edmund Asa Ware, 1869 to 1885

• Thomas S. Chase, 1885 to 1886 (acting)

• Horace Bumstead, 1886 to 1887 (acting)

• Cyrus W. Vance, 1887 to 1888 (acting)

• Horace Bumstead, 1888 to 1907

• Edward Twichell Ware, 1907 to 1922

• Myron Winslow Adams, 1922 to 1923 (acting)

• Myron Winslow Adams, 1923 to 1929

• John Hope, 1929 to 1936

• Florence M. Read, 1936 to 1937

• Rufus Early Clement, 1937 to 1967

• Thomas D. Jarrett, 1968 to 1969 (acting)

• Thomas D. Jarrett, 1969 to 1977

• Cleveland L. Dennard, 1977 to 1983

• Kofi B. Bota, 1983 to 1984 (acting)

• Luther S. Williams, 1984 to 1987

• Dorcas D. Bowles, 1987 to 1988 (acting)

• Thomas W. Cole, Jr., 1988 to 1989

Clark College
• D.W. Hammond, 1869 to 1870

• Uriah Cleary, 1870 to 1871

• I. Marcy, 1871 to 1872

• J.B. Martin, 1876 to 1877

• R.E. Bisbee, 1877 to 1881

• E.D. Thayer, 1881 to 1890

• William H. Hickman, 1890 to 1893

• David C. John, 1893 to 1896

• Wilbur P. Thirkield, 1896 to 1897 (acting)

• Charles M. Melden, 1897 to 1903

• William H. Crogman, 1903 to 1910

• G.E. Idleman, 1910 to 1912

• William W. Foster, 1912 to 1915

• Harry A. King, 1915 to 1923

• John W. Simmons, 1923 to 1924

• Matthew Simpson Davage, 1924 to 1940

• James P. Brawley, 1940 to 1941 (acting)

• James P. Brawley, 1941 to 1965

• Vivian H. Henderson, 1965 to 1976

• Charles Knight, 1976 to 1977 (acting)

• Elias Blake, Jr., 1977 to 1987

• Winifred Harris, 1987 to 1988 (acting)

• Thomas W. Cole, Jr., 1988 to 1989

Clark Atlanta University
• Thomas W. Cole, Jr., 1988 to 2002

• Walter D. Broadnax, 2002 to 2008

• Carlton E. Brown, 2008 to 2015

• Ronald A. Johnson, 2015 to 2018

• Lucille H. Maugé, 2018 to 2019 (acting)

• George T. French Jr., 2019 to present