Lawrence Michael Lamont, 83, died March 30, 2022 at The Mayflower in Lexington, Virginia.

He had previously resided with his wife of 34 years, Anne Christine Schroer-Lamont, in Lexington.

Born in Ann Arbor, Michigan on April 10, 1938, he was the son of Berenice Pineau Lamont and Lawrence Mix Lamont.

Dr. Lamont is survived by two daughters, Melissa Lynne Lamont-Gordon (Steven) of Chesterfield and Laurie Leigh Lamont (Armond) of Glasgow, and a grandson, Jacob Friel Sorber. He is also survived by a sister, Ann Wheeler (Darryl) of Austin, Texas and several nieces and nephews. His brother, Peter Lamont, predeceased him.

Dr. Lamont earned three academic degrees at the University of Michigan. He received a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering, followed by a Master's Degree in Business Administration and a Doctoral Degree in Marketing and Business Administration.

His first full-time academic appointment was at the University of Colorado in Boulder. In his spare time, he became an avid fly fisherman, and perfected tying his own flies while traveling throughout the West.

In 1974, Dr. Lamont brought his family to Lexington, accepting a teaching position in the Washington and Lee University School of Commerce.

In 1988, the Commerce School Faculty launched the Summer Institute for Family Business. Dr. Lamont played a key role in the curriculum development and his contributions were essential to the ongoing success for future Family Business Programs for several more summers.

In 1996, Dr. Lamont received and accepted an invitation to teach international students at the Oslo School of Business, Norway.

Awarded a Fulbright Scholar Award in 1997-98, he traveled to Sweden to teach and conduct research. During that academic year, the Fulbright Program invited him to Paris to present his research to other groups of international academicians. Later that year, he was asked to come to Strasbourg, France, for a week to offer marketing program curriculum to academics in Southcentral Europe.

As an active member of the American Marketing Association, he and a colleague were given the award for "Outstanding Article" by the Western Marketing Educators' Association, "Meeting the Challenges to Undergraduate Education" at the Annual Conference, Palm Springs, 1999.

As professor emeritus, Dr. Lamont pursued his writing and consulting activities in retirement.

Dr. Lamont also joined World Association for Case Method Research & Application (WACRA) and presented research on case studies every summer for eight years, traveling and presenting academic programs with Dr. Anne Schroer-Lamont in England, Belgium, France, Spain, Portugal, Germany, Hungary and the Czech Republic.

Dr. Lamont was a member of Grace Episcopal Church in Lexington.

A memorial service in his honor will be held April 23 at 11 a.m. at Grace Episcopal, located at 123 W. Washington St., next to the W&L campus. The service will include the installation of ashes in the Columbarium of the Sanctuary, followed by a reception in the gathering room downstairs.

His daughters would like to thank the staff at The Mayflower and Rockbridge Area Hospice for their kind and compassionate care.