Fredericksburg’s Finest on Fridays – Detective Patrick Lamb

Note: This article is from Fredericksburg.com on August 15, 2014

From galloping racehorses as a teenager to teaching chemistry to college students, Detective Patrick Lamb followed an unusual path to get to his current vocation as the expert Fingerprint Examiner for the Fredericksburg Police Department.   Lamb was born in Richmond and grew up on his family’s farm, the historic Sycamore Hall (circa 1790) in Hanover County, where his parents raised and trained Thoroughbred horses for the racetrack.

Since he was small and light enough as a young teen, Lamb rode many of the horses at home to help prepare them for a racing career.

As an only child, it would have been natural for Lamb to follow in his father’s footsteps and make his living with horses.  But Lamb had a strong interest in science and a passion for learning.  He attended the University of Richmond and earned a degree in chemistry, graduating in 1987.  He followed up with post-graduate education at Old Dominion University and Virginia Commonwealth University, specializing in enzyme research, and for over ten years he worked as a professor in chemistry at J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College while he continued his doctoral studies.
 

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