About the Author.
Richard "Vince" Lamb received his B.S. and M.S. in Geology from UCLA and California
State University, Northridge, respectively. His marching experience includes the Anaheim
Kingsmen and North Star drum and bugle corps, along with other successful community, high
school and college bands in Southern California. Lamb was Flag Instructor at UCLA in addition
to his work with high schools.
"Vince" and his wife Laurie have two children, ages 4 and 10, who also continue the
20-year Lamb tradition of following drum corps. Lamb was an original contributor to drum
corps newsgroups and currently runs the Summer RAMD Reader's Poll. He is a Teaching and
Research Assistant at the University of Michigan, where he recently graduated with a Ph.D. in
Biology.
Lamb is an authority on the fossil mollusks of the Rancho La Brea tar pits in California,
and has a masters thesis and published paper available on the subject, as well as two papers in
press. He served as a Ranger at Channel Islands National Park in 1986, and was Outstanding
Graduate Student of the Department of Geological Sciences at California State University,
Northridge, in 1989.
Richard "Vince" Lamb is Pollster and Co-founder of RAMD Virtual Symposium. Please
welcome the contribution of Dr. Richard "Vince" Lamb.