Ty Seidule

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.

Early life and later career Ty Seidule was born in Alexandria, Virginia, on July 3, 1962. He was raised just blocks away from the home of Confederate States Army commander Robert E. Lee, a fact that would later play a prominent role in his academic career. He also attended Robert E. Lee Elementary School (which later became the Nannie J. Lee Memorial Recreation Center, named after a prominent African-American resident, after the school was closed in 1978 and the property transferred to the city parks department ) in Alexandria, and later earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Washington and Lee University in 1984. He later obtained an MA in 1994 and PhD in 1997 in history from Ohio State University. While still teaching at the military academy, Seidule continued to work on his doctoral degree in Ohio State graduate program under the direction of professor Allan R. Millett.

Upon completion of the college ROTC program at Washington and Lee University in 1984, Seidule became an officer in the United States Army. His commands include a cavalry unit in the 82nd Airborne Division during the Gulf War, as well as 3rd Battalion, 81st Armor Regiment. His staff positions included crisis planning for NATO in Kosovo and North Macedonia. He is a professor emeritus of history at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he taught and was the head of the history department for two decades during his time as an officer in the US Army.

In May 2021, Seidule was awarded an honorary doctorate and was the commencement speaker at Hamilton College.

Publications

The West Point History of Warfare, editors Clifford J. Rogers and Ty Seidule, four volumes, 71-chapter enhanced e-book (New York: Rowan Technology Solutions, 2015).