Krewasky A. Salter | |
Allegiance: | United States |
Branch: | United States Army |
Rank: | Colonel |
Laterwork: | Museum executive and curator |
Krewasky A. Salter is a retired United States Army Colonel, museum curator and military historian. He served as the executive director of the First Division Museum.[1] [2] In 2022, he was appointed president of the Pritzker Military Museum & Library.[3] [4]
Salter earned a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Florida, an M.A. and Ph.D. from Florida State University, and a Master of Strategic Studies from the Air War College.[2]
Salter has taught Military History at the United States Military Academy, West Point; Military Strategy at the Command and General Staff College, Leavenworth; Military Leadership at Howard University, Washington, D.C.; and African American History at several other institutions as an adjunct professor.[2] [5] [1]
Before retiring from the military in 2010, Salter served twenty five years on active duty including a tour at the Pentagon.[2]
As a guest curator at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of African American History and Culture, Salter curated the museum's exhibition, Double Victory: The African American Military Experience.[2] [6]