Aboutus

Our Vision: The Delaware Military
Heritage and Education Foundation
Inc. collects and preserves material
evidence associated with Delaware
related military units and individuals
of the uniformed services of the
State and the United States, and
interprets it so that coming
generations will understand the
values of courage, loyalty and
responsibility that inspire such
service.

Contact Us: At
MilHeritage@aol.com, or write us at
Delaware Military Heritage and
Education Foundation
First Regiment Road, Wilmington
Delaware 19808-2191

Our Mission: The Delaware Military Heritage and Education
Foundation Inc. will operate through a professionally qualified staff in a
suitable museum and educational facility within the limits of available
resources and in accordance with established museum and educational
standards and the requirements of Section 501c (3) of the Internal
Revenue Code. It will actively seek out and acquire material artifacts
and ephemeris associated with Delaware-related military units,
individuals, places, events, ships and aircraft of the uniformed services
to include active National Guard and Reserve elements of the Army,
Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, Public Health Service, and
the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Corps. The
museum will interpret and display items from its collection to the public
generally, and cooperate with other museums by displaying material
from them or by loaning material to them, in order to create better
understanding of the personal values that underlie service in the
uniformed forces of the State of Delaware and the United States of
America and better appreciation for how that service has contributed to
the safety and security of a American freedom. The museum will
consider present and potential members of the uniformed services as a
special focus group for its outreach programs and activities.

Delaware Military Heritage and Education Foundation, Inc.
Officers, Board of Directors and Advisors

Chairman:
John H. McDonald, LTG (DE) (Ret)

Chairman Emeritus:
William H. Duncan, LTG (DE ARNG Ret) M.D., Practicing Physician,
Historian

Vice Chairman:
BG Terry L. Wiley, Assistant Adjutant General, Delaware Army National
Guard

Secretary:
Lt Col Timothy J. Hoyle, Delaware Air National Guard

Assistant Secretary
Major Pete Correa, Delaware Air National Guard

Treasurer:
LTC Jose M. Quintana, Fiscal/Accounting Officer, Delaware Army
National Guard

Executive Director:
Stephanie E. Przybylek, Former Director of Collections and Museum
Programs, Delaware Historical Society

Director of Development:
Margaret Tigue, Former Executive Director, Kalmar Nyckle Foundation

Board of Directors:

LTC Wiley O. Blevins Jr., Deputy Chief of Staff, Delaware Army National
Guard

Brig. Gen. Hugh T. Broomall, Assistant Adjutant General, Delaware Air
National Guard, Member Emeritus

Janet Churchill, Aviator, Author, New Castle Councilwoman

William M. Conley III, LTC (USAR Ret) School District Administrator,
Archivist for Oblates of Saint Francis de Sales, VP Pencader Heritage
Association

Donn D. Devine, BG (DE ARNG Ret) Archivist, Attorney

Jeffrey Garland, Sales and Marketing Executive

E.S. Halton, CAPT (USNR Ret) Organizational Change Consultant Dupont
Co.

Joan R. Hoge, Executive Director, Delaware Historical Society

Donald Hutcheson, MSG (DE ARNG Ret) Veterans Advocate, American
Legion

Thomas E. Kelly, MAJ (USMC Ret) Veterans Advocate, MOAA, MOWW,
Chair, Newark Memorial Day Parade Committee

Samuel E. Lathem SP5 (Ret) AUS, President Delaware AFL/CIO

Harold M. Schneikert, LTC USAR (Ret)

Captain David L. Scott USCG (Ret)

Earl Seppala, BG (DE ARNG Ret) Retired Mechanical Engineer, Dupont
Co.

Glenn R. Watson, BG (DE ARNG Ret) Veterans Advocate

Advisors:

Colonel David E. Deputy, Liaison Officer Delaware Air National Guard

MG Francis Vavala, Adjutant General, Delaware

Brig Gen Kennard R. Wiggins, Jr., former Executive Director, DMHEF

About us: The Delaware Military Heritage and Education Foundation
was originally organized as the Delaware National Guard Heritage
Committee in September 2000, as an agency of the State of Delaware
under the Department of Military Affairs (Delaware National Guard
Circular 870-01). The organization was re-named in March 2005 to
widen our purpose and to be more inclusive of the military heritage of
all uniformed services. We achieved recognized non-profit status from
the IRS at that time. The committee shall be permitted, on behalf of the
Delaware National Guard, as provided by Title 20, Delaware Code,
Section 108, to “accept donations of money or property from any lawful
source to improve its capabilities.” Contributions to the committee are
tax deductible, as provided by Title 20, Delaware Code, Section 2601
and IRS Publication 17, chapter 26.

The Delaware Military Heritage and Education Foundation is a member
of:
The American Association for State and Local History
T he American Association of Museums
The Delaware Museum Association