Benjamin S. Ruffin

Benjamin S. Ruffin, a North Carolina Central University graduate, was the first African American chair of the University of North Carolina Board of Governors. A civic leader and R.J. Reynolds executive, he pushed access to the state’s public universities.

First African American chair of the UNC Board of Governors.
North Carolina civic leader and corporate executive.
Inducted into the National Black College Alumni Hall of Fame in 2007.