Dick Lattimer

Dick Lattimer is a native of South Bend, Indiana, and is a graduate of Indiana University in Bloomington. Advertising manager for Bear Archery, Kidde, Inc., in Gainesville, Florida, Lattimer is the man responsible for bringing archery to the astronauts. He was instrumental in building the first field range for the astronaut gym at the Manned Spacecraft Center in Houston. Lattimer is a fellow of the British Interplanetary Society. Space Station FRIENSHIP is his second book on spaceflight. His...See more

Dick Lattimer is a native of South Bend, Indiana, and is a graduate of Indiana University in Bloomington. Advertising manager for Bear Archery, Kidde, Inc., in Gainesville, Florida, Lattimer is the man responsible for bringing archery to the astronauts. He was instrumental in building the first field range for the astronaut gym at the Manned Spacecraft Center in Houston. Lattimer is a fellow of the British Interplanetary Society. Space Station FRIENSHIP is his second book on spaceflight. His early book All We Did Was Fly to the Moon, was by the astronauts as told by Lattimer. Founder and executive director of the Fred Bear Sports Club, and international association of hunters and fisherman, Lattimer is editor of the Big Sky, a quarterly. He lives with his wife Alice in Gainesville and is the father of three children. See less