Lawrence Letham

Lawrence Letham came from a family of five children. His father received a PhD in physics from UC Berkeley and taught physics at a Weber State College in Ogden, UT. His mother received a degree in pharmaceutical sciences from the University of Utah and worked for a time as a pharmacist.

Lawrence graduated from the University of Utah with a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering and started working in the electronics industry designing integrated circuits. While working at Bell Labs in Pennsylvania, he had the opportunity to earn a master’s degree in electrical engineering from Lehigh University. After working in electronics for about twenty years, Lawrence quit his job and attended Arizona State University (ASU) law school to become an attorney. He now works as a solo practitioner in intellectual property law and specializes in patent prosecution and infringement opinions.

He and his wife, Tanya, have seven children, and, together, they have homeschooled them all. Five of their children graduated from ASU at age nineteen or younger with a degree in bioengineering, biochemistry, or electrical engineering. Their sixth child is studying chemical engineering at ASU and should graduate by eighteen. In about one year, their youngest child will be old enough to enter kindergarten, and she too will be schooled at home.

Lawrence is also the author of GPS Made Easy, Best Hikes for Children in Arizona, and Unapologetic Homeschoolers: University Graduates by Nineteen.