Vernon Eugene Lattin (born November 7, 1938), an American of Mexican-American heritage,[1] was the seventh president of Brooklyn College, from 1992 to 2000.
[4] He attended the University of New Mexico (Bachelor of Business Administration, 1960; Master of Arts in English, 1965) and University of Colorado (Doctor of Philosophy in English, 1970).
[citation needed] He was next at Northern Illinois University, where from 1974–1977 he was coordinator of communication skills and English, from 1974–1981 he was Associate Professor of English, and from 1978–1981 he was director of the Center Latino and Latin American Studies.
[9][10][11] Lattin is the co-author of Tomas Rivera, 1935–1984: The Man and His Work, Bilingual Review/Press (1988).
[12] He also authored Contemporary Chicano fiction: a critical survey; Studies in the language and literature of United States Hispanos, Bilingual Press/Editorial Bilingüe (1986).