The original signage for Oakwood School.
History of Leadership
Oakwood Industrial School, 1896-1904
Solon M. Jacobs
1896-1897
![](http://www2.oakwood.edu/wp-content/uploads/1896-1897-Solon-M-Jacobs.jpg)
Henry H. Shaw
1897-1899
![](http://www2.oakwood.edu/wp-content/uploads/coming-soon.jpg)
Benjamin E. Nicola
1899-1904
![](http://www2.oakwood.edu/wp-content/uploads/1899-1904-Benjamin-E-Nicola.jpg)
Oakwood Manual Training School, 1904-1917
Fred R. Rogers
1904-1905
![](http://www2.oakwood.edu/wp-content/uploads/1904-1905-Fred-R-Rogers.jpg)
Grandville H. Baber
1905-1906
![](http://www2.oakwood.edu/wp-content/uploads/coming-soon.jpg)
Walter J. Blake
1906-1911
![](http://www2.oakwood.edu/wp-content/uploads/coming-soon.jpg)
Clarence J. Boyd
1911-1917
![](http://www2.oakwood.edu/wp-content/uploads/1911-1917-Clarence-J-Boyd.jpg)
Oakwood Junior College, 1917-1943
James I. Beardsley
1917-1923
![](http://www2.oakwood.edu/wp-content/uploads/1917-1923-James-I-Beardsley.jpg)
Joseph A. Tucker
1923-1932
![](http://www2.oakwood.edu/wp-content/uploads/1922-1932-Joseph-A-Tucker.jpg)
Oakwood College, 1943-2007
James L. Moran
1932-1945
![](http://www2.oakwood.edu/wp-content/uploads/1932-1945-James-L-Moran.jpg)
Frank L. Peterson
1945-1954
![](http://www2.oakwood.edu/wp-content/uploads/1945-1954-Frank-L-Peterson.jpg)
Garland J. Millet
1954-1963
![](http://www2.oakwood.edu/wp-content/uploads/1954-1963-Garland-J-Millet.jpg)
Addison V. Pinkney
1963-1966
Frank W. Hale
1966-1971
![](http://www2.oakwood.edu/wp-content/uploads/1966-1971-Frank-W-Hale-Jr.jpg)
Calvin B. Rock
1971-1985
![](http://www2.oakwood.edu/wp-content/uploads/1971-1985-Calvin-B-Rock.jpg)
Emerson A. Cooper
Fall 1985
![](http://www2.oakwood.edu/wp-content/uploads/1985-Emerson-A-Cooper.jpg)
Benjamin F. Reaves
1985-1996
![](http://www2.oakwood.edu/wp-content/uploads/1985-1996-Benjamin-F-Reaves.jpg)
Oakwood University, 2008-
Delbert W. Baker
1996-2010
Mervyn A. Warren
Fall 2010
Leslie N. Pollard
2011-Present