Lawrence Edward Lotito OMRI, OSSI (May 10, 1921 - December 18, 2004) was an American business owner, meteorologist, and major in the United States Air Force.

[1] After graduating from Arvada High School in 1939, he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry, Mathematics, and Physics from the University of Colorado.

In 1945, Lotito was sent to Florida for a series of top secret war cabinet meetings with other senior ranking U.S. Military officials.

It was there that the Allied Forces planned the weather conditions and coordination for the dropping of the atomic bomb (Little Boy) on Hiroshima.

Lotito left TWA in 1972 to join the Marriott Corporation as Vice President and Director of Operations in Europe, Africa, and the Middle East.

It was there that he founded Air Cuisine, an airline catering service which developed kitchens in the UK as well as the Middle East.