Lachman was born August 2 in Brooklyn, New York in 1930 and grew up in Jersey Homesteads, New Jersey, and attended Upper Freehold Township High School (later renamed Allentown High School). Lachman was born in Brooklyn, New York, where late his family moved to New Jersey, attending the public schools.
He received a Bachelor of Surgery in ceramic engineering from Rutgers University in 1952, and then a Master of Surgery and a Doctor of Philosophy in ceramic engineering while at Ohio State University in 1953 and 1955.
After serving with the United States. Air Force, he worked for Thermo Materials, Incorporated. and the Sandia National Laboratory before joining Corning’s ceramic research in 1960. Lachman retired in 1994 and pursued his artistic interests by creating monoprints that he exhibits in galleries and at shows.
