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Young Pitts in red jersey throwing a pitch.
Pitts was a pitcher on the baseball team at Anderson University in Indiana. Here, he is shown pitching as a freshman on a team that went to the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) college world series.

Kevin Pitts Gets Personal

HOMETOWN: Anderson, Indiana

PROFESSION: Physicist

FAMILY: Wife, Toni; daughter, Shelby; miniature schnauzer, Raisin; cat, Zara.

FAVORITE BOOKS: “Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln’s Killer” and “Whistling Vivaldi: How Stereotypes Affect Us and What We Can Do” 

FAVORITE MOVIE: “The Hunt for Red October”

FAVORITE MUSIC: “My daughter says it’s called Old Music.”

FAVORITE SPORT: “I’d say baseball, but just by a little, because I love all sports. My wife says my favorite sport is whatever is on TV.”

IDEAL GUESTS AT A DINNER PARTY: Jackie Robinson; Abraham Lincoln; Lise Meitner 

“It doesn’t take a genius to be a scientist, quite honestly. It takes hard work, and it takes perseverance.”

—Kevin Pitts