Ty Seidule

Ty Seidule
Born
James Tyrus Seidule

(1962-07-03) July 3, 1962
Academic background
Alma mater
ThesisMorale in the American Expeditionary Forces During World War I (1997)
Doctoral advisorAllan R. Millett
Academic work
DisciplineHistory
Sub-disciplineAmerican military history
Institutions
Main interests
Military career
BranchUnited States Army
Years of servicec.1984 –2020
RankBrigadier general

James Tyrus Seidule (born 1962) is a retired United States Army brigadier general, the former head of the history department at the United States Military Academy, the first professor emeritus of history at West Point, and the inaugural Joshua Chamberlain Fellow at Hamilton College. Seidule is also the Presidential Advisor to The National WWII Museum in New Orleans and a fellow at New America. In February 2021, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin appointed Seidule as one of four representatives of the US Department of Defense to the Commission on the Naming of Items of the Department of Defense that Commemorate the Confederate States of America or Any Person Who Served Voluntarily with the Confederate States of America, including US Army installations named for Confederate soldiers.