The Bryan Museum’s Distinguished Speaker & Texas Frontier Gold Medal Award
The Bryan Museum has named its Distinguished Speaker and honoree, Stephen L. Hardin. Dr. Hardin is recently retired following a thirty-five-year career as a university professor. He is the author of eight books, including The Texas Rangers (1991), the award-winning Texian Iliad: A Military History of the Texas Revolution (1994), The Alamo 1836: Santa Anna’s Texas Campaign (2001), Texian Macabre: The Melancholy Tale of a Hanging in Early Houston (2007), and Texian Exodus: The Runaway Scrape and its Enduring Legacy (2024). Additionally, he is the editor of Lone Star: The Republic of Texas, 1836-1846 (1998). and is the author of more than a dozen scholarly articles enjoyed by readers on both sides of the Atlantic.
Hardin has served as an on-air commentator, appearing on such varied venues as the A&E Network, the History Channel, and NBC’s TODAY show. Most recently, he appeared on the Fox News series, “Legends & Lies.” Distinguished for his readable style and accessible approach to history, Dr. Hardin is an inductee of the Texas Institute of Letters, an admiral in the Texas Navy, a member of Western Writers of America, a Life Member, Fellow, and board member of the Texas State Historical Association, and was historical advisor for the John Lee Hancock film “The Alamo” (2004).
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