John R. Dichtl : To Lead the National Council on Public History (NCPH)

The National Council on Public History (NCPH) has announced the appointment of John R. Dichtl as the organization’s new Executive Director. Dichtl has worked at the Organization of American Historians (OAH) since the early 1990s, and most recently served as the Deputy Executive Director. While working at OAH, he advanced a number of programming, strategic planning, and development efforts; worked to raise funds; and handled a wide-range of responsibilities, including staff-management, outreach, and marketing. Dichtl has worked to create a network of historians, teachers, and public history professionals over the years. He will assume the position of Executive Director at NCPH in January 2006.

Dichtl, who holds a doctorate in history from Indiana University, will also teach courses in the Department of History at Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI), which hosts a highly regarded public history program.