Philip Bigler
1998 National Teacher of the Year
Philip Bigler is the author of ten, top selling books including In Honored Glory: Arlington National Cemetery, the Final Post; Scandalous Son: The Elusive Search for Dolley Madison’s Son, John Payne Todd; Hostile Fire: The Life and Death of Lt. Sharon A. Lane; and Teaching History in an Uncivilized World. Widely recognized for his scholarship and innovative teaching methods, Bigler was named the 1998 National Teacher of the Year during a Rose Garden Cemetery hosted by President Bill Clinton. In 2001, he was appointed the director of the James Madison Center at James Madison University and served in this position until his retirement in 2010. He has served as an on-air historian on the History Channel and has been a featured guest on such programs at Nightline with Ted Koppel and Late Night with David Letterman. His has also appeared on CNN and Fox News Channel.