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NBL Presidents

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[[caption]] DR. BOOKER T. WASHINGTON, 1900-1915. Founder, Builder and 1st President of NBL [[/caption]]

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[[caption]] DR. BERKELEY G. BURREL, 1962-Present. Only President who has served a long as the Founder. [[/caption]]

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[[caption]] COLONEL J. C. NAPIER, 1915-1921. 2nd NBL President. Registrar of the U.S. Treasury. (1911-1913) and Nashville Banker [[/caption]]

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[[caption]] DR. ROBERT RUSSA MOTON, 1921-1930. 3rd NBL President. Famed educator and humanitarian. 2nd President of Tuskegee Institute. [[/caption]] 

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[[caption]] ROSCOE DUNGEE, 1944-1946. 6th NBL President. Published and Editor of the Black Dispatch, Oklahoma City [[/caption]]

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[[caption]] DR. A. G. GASTON, 1946-1948. 7th NBL President. A millionaire, financier and industrialist of Birmingham [[/caption]] 

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[[caption]] C. C. SPAULDING, 1930-1938. 4th NBL President. President and builder of North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Co. [[/caption]]

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[[caption]] Dr. J. E. WALKER, 1938-1944. 5th NBL President. Board Chairman - Universal Life Insurance Co. and Tri-State Bank [[/caption]]

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[[caption]] HORACE SUDDUTH, 1948-1956. 8th NBL President. A leading real estate and hotel entrepreneur in Cincinnati [[/caption]]

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[[caption]] Dr. F. D. PATTERSON, 1956-1962. 9TH NBL President. United Negro College Fund founder, President Emeritus of Tuskegee [[/caption]]

DR. BERKELEY G. BURRELL

The incumbent and 10th President of NBL. President, Burrell's Industries, Inc.; Co-owner, Burrell's Superb Cleaners; President, Booker T. Washington Foundation; Adviser to six U.S. Presidents; listed as one of America's 100 Most Influential Black Americans; listed in "Who's Who in America" 1972; Member, "Big 15" Summit of Black Leaders; Board of Trustees, Robert Russa Moton Foundation; Board Member, Corporation for Blacks in Public Broadcasting; Senior Warden, St. Mary's Episcopal Church; President, St. Mary's Court Housing Development Corporation; Co-author, "Getting It Together: Black Businessmen in America;" Author, nationally syndicated column, "Down to Business"; Guest Lecturer at numerous universities; Awarded honorary Doctor of Arts, Virginia College. 

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