Vergel L. Lattimore is a retired brigadier general in the United States Air National Guard.
An ordained African Methodist Episcopal Zion minister, Lattimore is President and Professor of Pastoral Psychology at Hood Theological Seminary.
He is professor emeritus of Pastoral Care and Counseling at the Methodist Theological School in Ohio.
[1] He has attended Livingstone College, Duke Divinity School, Northwestern University and Hartford Seminary.
He is married to Joy and they have three children, Vergel IV; Adam and Alia.