Graduated Loveland High School 1967

Graduated Central State University Cum Laude B.S. 1971 Member of Phi Alpha Theta History Honor Society, Alpha Kappa Mu National Society and President of Delta Xi Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc.

Wright State University M.Ed. 1979

Additional Course Studies: Edison Community College and the University of Dayton

Loveland, Ohio, Larry Hamilton and tradition have a long history together. He is a second generation graduate of Loveland High School following his father who graduated in 1939. He has done much work in the field of genealogy, particularly for his own family and is a published author concerning what he has found.

• Teacher of African American History, World Studies and Current Events, Piqua High School 30 Years

• Chairman of the Social Studies Department Piqua High School

• Twice nominated for Teacher of the Year Award

• Founding Member of the African American Genealogy Group of the Miami Valley (AAGGMV) Authored: “Helping African Ancestored Americans Find Their Roots”

• Appeared on PBS-TVs The History Detectives as a genealogy researcher in the Episode “The Slave Banjo”

• Presenter on Family History and Genealogy

• Invented the Educational Game – News or Lose

• Developed and Conducted the Ohio Scholars Bowl Competition

• Founded the Non-Profit Org. Promoting Recognition of Diversity (PROD) to recruit

• Minority Candidates in Piqua City Schools

• Developed the RIGHT Concept to Promote Community Partnerships for Naming Public Properties

• Author of the Trilogy: Lucy’s Story: Right Choices But Wrongs Still Left 2009

• Between Two Suns: The Berean Experience 2011

• Refuge from the Deluge: On Being Railroaded 2013

• Selected for Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers

• Awarded the Ohio Tri-County NAACP’s Martin Luther King Outstanding African American Award

• Received the State of Ohio’s MLK Cultural Awareness Award 2005

• Awarded a Lineage Certificate of Membership into the Hamilton County Genealogy Society’s Century Families Distinguished Group