Philip L. Ostergard read his first full-length biography of Abraham Lincoln at the age of 14 and is today a frequent speaker on Lincoln. He holds graduate degrees from the University of Southern California and Fuller Theological Seminary and served in the U.S. Army Medical Corps in World War II. Philip was a professor at Azusa Pacific University and is a founding member and lifetime director of Kare Youth League.

Philip resides in Arcadia, California. He has two grown children and six grandchildren.