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Robert K. Sutton selected Chief Historian,
Sutton has been Superintendent of the Manassas National Battlefield Park since 1995, which has an annual visitation of 800,000. While at Manassas, he initiated a major symposium on the Civil War that attracted renowned scholars and developed an interpretive institute for Civil War park rangers on creating new ways to interpret the Civil War. He oversaw the restoration of a hundred-acre area of the park through a creative partnership with the Smithsonian Institution, where the loss of wetlands at the new Air and Space Museum at Dulles Airport was mitigated through the restoration of the Manassas land. He holds a Ph.D. in history from Washington State University and has decades of experience in conveying to the public the importance of preserving the nation’s cultural resources. “We are very pleased that Dr. Sutton has joined the Washington, D.C. office of the National Park Service as Chief Historian,” said Janet Snyder Matthews, Associate Director, Cultural Resources. “We look forward to working with him on a wide range of history projects, including those that develop from the Centennial of the National Park Service through 2016.” Sutton will be responsible for managing the service’s history programs, which includes coordinating historical studies at the national level, managing the administrative history program, and overseeing the quality of documentation of historic places within national parks. National Archives Names New Director
In making the announcement, Weinstein said, “Garner brings sound management experience and a fresh perspective to the Clinton Library. Her leadership roles in the private sector at Xerox and Sun Microsystems and in the non-profit world at the Bangor Museum and Center for History will provide a strong foundation for continuing the important work at the Clinton Library. We look forward to welcoming her into the National Archives system and to working with her on exciting plans for the future.” From 2005 to the present, Garner has served as executive director of the Bangor Museum and Center for History. While holding that position she worked closely with civic and government leaders in Maine to develop local community economic enhancements. As Vice President for Service and Marketing at Intellisource in Denver, Colorado from 2004 to 2005, Garner was responsible for market research and plan development and implementation with special emphasis on education and corporate partnerships. At Sun Microsystems, she was the director of the Americas Command Center for two years. As part of her duties she was responsible for customer and employee recovery in New York following the events of September 11, 2001. Prior to working at Sun Microsystems, Garner worked at the Xerox Corporation for thirteen years where she was general manager of Xerox Business Services for the Rocky Mountain Operation and the New Jersey Operation. Garner iscurrently finishing her Ph.D. in history at the University of Maine, Orono. She holds a M.A. in history from the University of Colorado, Denver and a B.A. in Political Science from Chatham College in Pittsburgh.
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The National Park Service (NPS) announced the selection of Dr. Robert K. Sutton as Chief Historian of the National Park Service. The Chief Historian position in the National Park Service is one of the most prestigious historian positions in the federal government. The chief historian provides guidance and direction to the national parks as well as nationwide to the American people on the importance of verifying historical events and interpreting the significance of America’s historic places. The position provides national leadership in setting and implementing NPS standards and guidelines relating to the documentation of historically significant properties.
Archivist of the United States Allen Weinstein announced the appointment of Terri Garner as the new director of the