Tom McMillan, a retired sports PR executive and lifelong student of history, has served on the board of trustees of Pittsburgh’s Heinz History Center, the board of directors of Friends of Flight 93 NationalMemorial, the board of directors of the Antietam Institute, and the marketing committee of the Gettysburg Foundation. McMillan has written four books on U.S. history—ranging from the Battle of Gettysburg to September 11th to the Star-Spangled Banner— and regularly gives book talks throughout the Northeast and Midwest.After graduating with a journalism degree from Point Park University in Pittsburgh, McMillan worked for forty-three years in media and communications, including ten years as a sportswriter for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and twenty-five years as VP/Communications for the Pittsburgh Penguins of the National Hockey League (his name is on the 2009 Stanley Cup, and he has three championship rings). Tom and his wife, Colleen, reside in Pittsburgh and Gettysburg. They also volunteer as ambassadors at Antietam National Battlefield.