Larry Lawrence

Larry O'Neal Lawrence (born January 25, 1959) is an American-French former basketball player who spent 18 years playing professionally after a successful collegiate career at Dartmouth College. He was the 1981 Ivy League Player of the Year. Lawrence was born and raised in Macon, Georgia, United States.

Basketball career College After graduating from Mount de Sales Academy in Macon, where he was an all-state basketball player, Lawrence received an academic scholarship to play for Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire. He graduated high school at age 16 so he sat out his first two years at Dartmouth, eventually joining the varsity squad in his redshirt sophomore season of 1977–78. The following year, he was named a team captain but he broke his foot, which sidelined him for the entire 1979–80 season. Lawrence opted to return to school, making him an ineligible draftee. He won two championships overseas, and in 1988–89 he led LNB Pro B in scoring with 32.4 points per game.

Later life According to a January 2023 Ivy League profile on him, "While still in France, Lawrence founded a charity, 'Les Enfants de la Terre' (Children of the Earth), dedicated to helping underprivileged youths in orphanages across France. He continues his charitable work to this day, having served on the Board of Directors of the Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship and currently sitting on the board of the Black Heart Foundation."

Upon returning to the United States, Lawrence pivoted into a successful career in finance. He stayed in that industry in various capacities until September 2023, when he moved into information technology as a Senior Account Manager for Arteria AI. Lawrence and his wife Arlene have a son, Lawrence Jr., and a daughter, Alyssa.