Gordon H. Mueller

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

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

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. Mueller served as President of the museum until 2017. 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.