Dr. Quiester Craig, passed away Thursday, December 12, 2024.

Funeral service will be held Friday, December 20, 2024 12 pm Providence Baptist Church 1106 Tuscaloosa Street Greensboro, North Carolina. Visitation 11 am.

Livestream available at pbcbiglove.org

Entombment at Guilford Memorial Park 6000 Gate City Boulevard Greensboro, North Carolina.

In lieu of flowers, the family encourages donations be made to the Quiester Craig Endowed Scholarship via the North Carolina A&T Foundation.

https://www.givecampus.com/campaigns/28065/donations/new

Dr. Quiester Craig was born and raised in Montgomery, Alabama, to Reverend Samuel and Betty Craig on July 15, 1936. He was the seventh child of seven, and to his family, he was affectionately called Baby Bro.

Dean Craig started his educational career at Alabama State College Laboratory School known as Lab High. He earned a scholarship from the Ford Foundation program that identified college-ready students to bypass 12th grade and attend early enrollment at Morehouse College in 1953. It was at Morehouse that he developed an interest in business and economics. He received his M.B.A from Atlanta University and a Doctorate in Accounting from the University of Missouri – Columbia. He was a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) in Missouri and North Carolina.

He worked in South Carolina, Missouri, and Florida as a professor before ending his career at North Carolina A&T State University. Dean Craig started his tenure at North Carolina A&T State University in July 1972 and with a dedicated team, the business program received a unanimous vote for undergraduate accreditation by the Association to Advanced Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) in 1979. Afterward, the accounting program became the first program at an HBCU to receive accreditation in 1986.

Dean Craig received a host of honors and awards during his tenure at North Carolina A&T University, to name a few:

1985 – Distinguished Service Award from the National Association of Black Accountants
1986 – Administrator of the Year for the University of North Carolina A&T
1991 – Outstanding Educator Award from the North Carolina Association of Certified Public Accountants
1992 – The first African-American to serve as President of AACSB International
2000 – The first African-American President of Beta Gamma Sigma
2004 – The new School of Business and Economics classroom building was named Quiester Craig Hall
2011 – Inaugural Inductee into the PhD Project Hall of Fame
2024 – Lifetime Service Achievement Award from AACSB International

On April 20, 2013, Dean Craig after 41 years of dedication, commitment, love, and sacrifice decided to retire from North Carolina A&T, but still continued to mentor and provide support to countless alumni and staff.

During retirement, he spent time with his children, grandchildren, nieces, and nephews, plus was an avid educational consultant and financial advisor to many. Through God's grace and mercy, Dean Craig lived a good, vested life until the Lord, saw fit to release him from his earthly life to present him with wings to Eternity. Preceding him in death, his parents Reverend Samuel Craig and Betty Craig. Siblings: Magnolia, Iona, Carrie, Betty, Sam Jr. and Ralph.

The legacy of Dr. Quiester Craig will be celebrated and forever cherished by his children, Patrice Craig Green, Derrick Maurice Craig and Angelique Craig-Moore (Derek). Grandkids, Markus Green, Quintan Green, Catrina Green, Jordon Moore, Tyler Moore and Peydon Moore; and host of nieces, nephews and colleagues.

He will forever remain in our hearts.