Actor Tom Hanks to visit Lafayette College

 Academy Award winner Tom Hanks will visit Lafayette College next month.

Hanks will be on campus Feb. 15 for an informal interview with Lafayette President Alison Byerly . Miller, MacCracken Professor of History, according to a news release from the college.

Hanks has worked with Miller on World War II-related projects, including an upcoming miniseries that is based on Miller's book "Masters of the Air," according to the news release. The miniseries will tell personal stories of the men who flew with America's Eighth Air Force over Nazi-occupied Europe.

The event is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Feb. 15 in Karmine Gym in the Kirby Sports Center. Seating is limited to 1,700 with Lafayette students, faculty and staff given first priority.

The college will also live stream the interview with Hanks in the main hall of the Williams Center for the Arts on Lafayette's main campus. No tickets are required for that, and the hall sits 400.

Hanks received the Academy Award for Best Actor in 1993 for portraying an AIDS-stricken lawyer in "Philadelphia" and in 1994 for "Forrest Gump."

Hanks' most recent film, "Bridge of Spies," received Oscar nominations for Best Picture and Best Original Screenplay. The film was based on a true story of a lawyer charged with negotiating the release of a U-2 spy plane shot down over the Soviet Union in exchange for a KGB spy.

Miller is known for his books on World War II. He also worked with Hanks and director Steven Spielberg as a historical consultant for the  series "The Pacific," which won eight Emmy Awards, according to the news release.