Stephen E. Ambrose
Stephen Edward Ambrose (1936-2002) was an American author of non-fiction books who wrote biographies on U.S. Presidents Eisenhower and Nixon as well as books on American and military history. Ambrose earned his Ph.D from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1960. Besides writing biographies on Eisenhower and Nixon, he also wrote books on Crazy Horse, General Custer, D-Day, Lewis and Clark and many others. Ambrose died from lung cancer in April 2002. He had a wife, Moira and five children.