Gordon H. Mueller

For the Major League Baseball player, see Gordie Mueller.

Gordon H. Mueller
Mueller in 2014
Born1940
Philadelphia
NationalityAmerican
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of Vienna,
University of North Carolina
Academic work
DisciplineHistory
InstitutionsUniversity of New Orleans
Main interestsPresident and CEO Emeritus of The National WWII Museum

Gordon H. “Nick” Mueller (born 1940 Philadelphia) is an American historian and Founding President and CEO Emeritus of The National WWII Museum.[1][2]

Career

He studied at the University of Vienna, and graduated from the University of North Carolina. He taught at University of New Orleans.[3]

He was Vice Chancellor at the University of New Orleans.

He is credited, along with Stephen E. Ambrose, with starting the National WWII Museum, located in New Orleans, in 2000.[4] Mueller served as President of the museum until 2017.[3] A few years after its founding, the museum gained US Congressional support, and an affiliation with the Smithsonian Institution. He was the closest friend of Stephen Ambrose. [5]

Selected publications

  • Mueller, Gordon H. (2019), Everything We Have: D-Day 6. 6.44: the American story of the Normandy landings told through personal accounts, images and artifacts from the collections of The National WWII Museum, London: Andre Deutsch, ISBN 978-0233005812, OCLC 1055680073

References

  1. ^ "Gordon H. "Nick" Mueller". The National WWII Museum. Archived from the original on December 28, 2018. Retrieved December 27, 2018.
  2. ^ "The 75th Anniversary of D-Day: An Iconic Journey of Remembrance". www.dday75.org. Archived from the original on July 19, 2017. Retrieved January 24, 2018.
  3. ^ a b Calder, Chad (May 27, 2017). "Nick Mueller to retire as head of National WWII Museum". The Advocate. Retrieved January 24, 2018.
  4. ^ "Museum Founders: STEPHEN E. AMBROSE AND GORDON H. "NICK" MUELLER". National WWII Museum. Retrieved September 25, 2021.
  5. ^ Comrades, Stephen Ambrose, 1999, Simon and Schuster