Stephen S. Cure

About the presenter

Stephen S. Cure is an eighth generation Texan and United States Army veteran who holds a bachelor’s from the University of Texas at Austin and a master’s from the University of North Texas. He is an educator at heart who spent nearly a decade in the public-school classroom teaching seventh grade Texas History as well as American History and World Geography at the high school level. In 2004, he joined the staff of the Texas State Historical Association serving as its director of educational services, assistant to the executive director, chief operating officer (now referred to as administrative director), and interim executive director at different points prior to his departure in 2018. Currently, he serves as chief historian and division director of the Historic Sites Interpretation, Exhibits and Planning Division at the Texas Historical Commission where among other projects he supervised the 2023 restoration of the Texas Memorial at Vicksburg and authored the 2024 publication, A Centennial Perspective on Texas in the Great War from Texas A&M University Press.