In January 2026, Gary Kremerr ended his twenty-one- year tenure as executive director of the State Historical Society of Missouri, which is headquartered on the campus of the University of Missouri in Columbia, and includes research centers in Kansas City, St. Louis, Rolla, Cape Girardeau, and Springfield.  He continues to serve the organization as a Senior Fellow in its Center for Missouri Studies.

Prior to going to the State Historical Society in 2004, Kremer taught history for three decades at Lincoln University and William Woods University.  In between those academic appointments, he served as the state archivist of Missouri.

Gary Kremer earned a Ph. D. in history from The American University, Washington, D.C., and is the author of a dozen books and scores of articles on a variety of Missouri history topics.  His most recent work is a book titled Missouri’s Black Heritage, published in a third edition in 2026 by the University of Missouri Press.