April 3, 2025

Kate Clarke Lemay

Kate Clarke Lemay is the Director of the U.S. Army Heritage and Education Center. As the Army War College's public center for research, USAHEC includes archives, a library and a museum dedicated to the soldier experience in the U.S. Army. She is the former Acting Senior Historian at the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery in Washington, DC. Kate holds a dual PhD in art history and American studies from Indiana University, and specializes in the intersections of art and memory with military and diplomatic history.