The Origins of the MHC Executive Council:

In 2008, we created an Executive Council for the Military History Center as a patron organization. Our vision is to have twenty members of the community working with us to promote the study and importance of military history in the greater DFW area. Dr. Gus Seligmann is the current Chairman of the Council.

The Executive Council plays a large role in fundraising for the Center. Although many universities have shied away from Military History as part of a post-Vietnam revulsion with war and military affairs, the University of North Texas is committed to keeping Military History education alive and to increase the profile of its military history program through the MHC. In the upcoming years, we will be working to create endowed chairs in military history in order to attract outstanding faculty to UNT and support the work of graduate students. Graduate student research and development are imperative to the MHC as part of UNT’s promise to retain premier military historians, even after esteemed staff retire. The Military History Center is committed to supporting both the current and next generation of military history. The Executive Council plays a large role in the future of military history not only at UNT, but in higher education throughout the United States.

If you are interested in being a member, please review the Council's charter and contact the Center's Deputy Director, Dr. Vojin Majstorovic.