Robert P. Lattimer (February 2, 1945 - [1]) is a retired chemist who worked for Lubrizol as an Advanced Materials research and development technical fellow.[2] He is an advocate for including intelligent design in public science curriculum.
Education
Lattimer attended the University of Missouri where he earned a B.S. in chemistry. He obtained his doctoral degree in 1971 in physical/analytical chemistry from the University of Kansas.[3]
Career
Lattimer worked for B.F. Goodrich and later Noveon[4] and Lubrizol as a research chemist. He retired as a Senior Technical Fellow following nearly 40 years of service. His published work on mass spectrometry and polymer characterization[5] and degradation have been widely cited. He is a past Vice-President of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry. Lattimer was Vice-Chairman of the 1985 Gordon Research Conference on Analytical Pyrolysis.[6] His most cited work treated the subject of mass spectrometry of transition metalmacrocycles.[7]
Political Advocacy
Lattimer is a board member for the Eagle Forum of Ohio. He has advocated for pro-family issues in the state, and he has been the Science Issues Chairman.[8][3] He advocated for including Intelligent Design in the Ohio Board of Education's state science curriculum.[9][10] Lattimer was a founder of the advocacy group Science Excellence for All Ohioans (SEAO).[11] He co-authored a book titled The Evolution Controversy.[12] He is a signer of A Scientific Dissent from Darwinism[13].
^Scherson, D.; Tanaka, A. A.; Gupta, S. L.; Tryk, D.; Fierro, C.; Holze, R.; Yeager, E. B.; Lattimer, R. P. (1986). "Transition metal macrocycles supported on high area carbon: Pyrolysis—mass spectrometry studies". Electrochimica Acta. 31 (10): 1247–1258. doi:10.1016/0013-4686(86)80144-X.
