Doug Smock is a retired newspaper reporter and magazine editor. He was born in 1948 in Bethel Park, Pa., and graduated from Churchill Area High School in 1970 in the Pittsburgh Eastern suburbs. He was chief editor of the Reserve Tribune and one of the founders of The Observer student newspaper at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. He graduated from CWRU with a degree in economics. He participated in the Washington Semester honors program at American University before joining the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette as a staff writer in 1969. In 1978, he became News Editor at Purchasing Magazine and then Chief Editor at Plastics World. He co-wrote two books on supply chain management: Straight to the Bottom Line and On-Demand Supply Management. After retiring from McGraw-Hill and Reed Business Information, he toured battlefields with his brother Bob and began writing stories that evolved into Forgotten Battles and American Memory. He is a member of the Blue and Gray Education Society and was a background actor in the 2022 remake of the Boston Strangler movie.
