According to Dr. Don Looser's book, Act of Providence, the university founding fathers are:
- Dr. Rex G. Baker
- Keith Beeman
- Sen. Lloyd Benson, Jr.
- W.D. Black, Jr.
- Stewart Boyle
- Frank Breaker
- Lester Cain
- Cecil Cook
- Dr. Ed Crocker
- Tom S. Gandy
- R. Graham Jackson
- Jake Kamin
- Dr. Howard C. Lee, Sr.
- Ralph Lee
- Milton McGinty
- Don McGregor
- Don McMillan
- Dr. Stewart Morris
- Freland Murphy
- Robert Ray
- Newton Rayzor
- Joseph Russell
- O.R. Smith
- John Wooters
- W.M. Wright
(from p.509)
