Douglas M. Branson is Professor Emeritus of Law at the University of Pittsburgh. A U.S. Navy veteran of the Vietnam War and a graduate of the University of Notre Dame, Northwestern University, and the University of Virginia, he is the author of numerous books and articles, including Greatness in the Shadows: Larry Doby and the Integration of the American League and Southern Brigadier Generals in the Revolutionary War. Branson lives near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.