The Rev. Dr. Vergel L. Lattimore III
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| The Rev. Dr. Vergel L. Lattimore III |
The Rev. Dr. Vergel L. Lattimore III is a professor of pastoral care and counseling and the Leon A. Beeghly Chair of Pastoral Care at Methodist Theological School in Ohio, located in Delaware. He also serves as director of the school’s Master of Arts in Counseling Ministries (MACM) program.
The Rev. Dr. Lattimore is a native of Charlotte, N.C., and received his primary and secondary education in the Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools. He earned his bachelor’s degree with honors in social welfare from Livingstone College in Salisbury, N.C., and his Master of Divinity degree from Duke University Divinity School in Durham, N.C. He holds a Ph.D. in pastoral psychology and counseling from Northwestern University in Evanston, Ill. He is married to the former Joy R. Powell, and the couple has three children.
The Rev. Dr. Lattimore’s clinical training has included: Social Work Service, V.A. Medical Center in Salisbury, N.C.; National Institute of Mental Health, St. Elizabeth’s Hospital in Washington, D.C.; Mental Health Unit and Chaplain Services, Community Hospital in Evanston, Ill.; Assessment and Counseling Services Program, Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary in Evanston, Ill.; Advanced Individual Training Program, Pastoral Psychotherapy Institute, Lutheran General Hospital in Park Ridge, Ill.
He previously has served as director of Counseling, Addiction and Psychological Services (CAPS) for Syracuse Community Health Center, Inc., as a core staff pastoral counselor/area coordinator for Onondaga Pastoral Counseling Center in Syracuse, N.Y., and as assistant dean, Office of Minority Affairs, at Duke University.
The Rev. Dr. Lattimore has addressed national professional associations, colleges, seminaries, and universities, churches, schools, judicatories, government and community-based agencies, correctional institutions, military groups, and human rights organizations. He has participated in the Hartford Seminary Leadership Education Program for Seminary and Ecumenical Executives sponsored by the Lilly Endowment (1991-93); he was the Richard A. Goodling Memorial Lecturer at the Duke University Divinity School (1993); he was the keynote speaker at the Second Annual Religious Mobilization Against Crime Conference sponsored by the City of Atlanta, Ga. (1993); he was a workshop leader at the 4th Annual Harlem Week of Prayer of the Healing of AIDS (1992); and he taught the first distance learning professional continuing education (PCE) course offered by the U.S. Air Force Chaplain Service Institute through Air University Television (AUTV), Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama (1995).
He has written articles on community mental health services, pastoral counseling and cultural values, and addiction ministry and social change. He is a published poet in Beyond the Stars (1995/96), National Library of Poetry. He was a member of the editorial board of the Journal of Ministry in Addiction & Recovery (1996-2004).
In 1975, he was ordained an elder in the African Methodist Episcopal Zion (AMEZ) Church. He served as president of Interdenominational Ministerial Alliance of Syracuse (1986-89). In his military role, he served as the Air National Guard (ANG) Assistant to the Chief of Chaplains, U.S. Air Force, Bolling Air Force Base, Washington, D.C. (2003-2005). As the former senior chaplain in the Air National Guard, he was the first African American chaplain to attain the rank of brigadier general in the United States Air Force and the Air National Guard. He is a fellow in the American Association of Pastoral Counselors (1987- ); a member of the Pastoral Care Advisory Committee, Nationwide Children’s Hospital (1996- ); a former member of the Accreditation Committee, Ohio Credentialing Board for Chemical Dependency Professionals (1996-99); a former member of the Advisory Board, Summer Institute of Addiction Studies at The Ohio State University (1990-99); a clinical member, American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (1992- ); a former member Professional Consultation Committee, Mount Carmel Medical Center (1996-2006); former president, Columbus & Central Ohio Chapter, Livingstone College National Alumni Association (1993-2006); a graduate of the Air War College (in-residence), Air University, Maxwell AFB, AL (1998); an adviser to the Clergy Training Project (A Partnership of the Johnson Institute & The National Association for Children of Alcoholics) (2003- ); a licensed Independent Marriage and Family Therapist (Ohio, 2004- ); a member of the Tuskegee Airmen (Chaplain, Memorial Chapter, 2008 - ).
Selected honors include: Who’s Who Among Students in American Colleges and Universities; Alpha Kappa Mu National Honor Society; North Mecklenburg High School Hall of Fame (charter inductee, 1997); Outstanding Young Men of America (1977, 1979, 1981, 1998); Community Leaders of America (1983); and Personalities of the South (1985); Syracuse Herald Journal Mover and Shaker Award in Religion (1988); First Annual William M. Chiles Award by the Diocesan Office of Black Catholic Ministry (1988); life member, Livingstone College Alumni Association; life member, Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.; The Air Force Commendation Medal (1990); Who’s Who in Religion (1992-93, 4th Edition); Who’s Who in American Education (1996-97, 2006-07, 2007-08, 8th Edition); member, National Nominating Committee for the Outstanding Young Women of America Program (1997, 1998); member, National Nominating Committee for the Outstanding Young Men of America Program (1997, 1998); Who’s Who in America (1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 – 62nd Edition); Who’s Who in the Midwest (1999, 26th Edition); The Air Force Meritorious Service Medal (2002); President’s Meritorious Service Award, Livingstone College (2004); Livingstone College Alumni Leaders Hall of Fame Inductee (2005); The Air Force Legion of Merit Medal (2005); State of Ohio National Guard – Distinguished Service Medal (2005); Who’s Who in Black Columbus (2008 – 6th Edition)
His special interests include biking, running, chess, and jazz. |
