Originated in Bruin, PA, north of Pittsburgh. Lew received a Ph.D. in Biochemistry from the University of Pittsburgh. He was appointed Assistant Professor of Biochemistry at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center in Worcester, MA then as Associate Director for Science with the National Bladder Cancer Project before moving to Kentucky to help establish the Markey Cancer Center in 1983.
He served as Associate Director for Administration until retiring in June, 2011. He has expertise in scientific research, writing/editing, grants, and comprehensive organization administration.
Gratification is the intimate and ultimate driving force of first and last resort: We want and NEED to be happy! If love is what makes the world go around, happiness is the overarching sentiment involved. But how we go about being happy, when, and how much? Answers to these questions comprise much of…
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Like it or not, habits pretty much define us: What we “habitually” do is who we are. My Latin Professor in college used the term “wont” to describe what we are “accustomed” to doing: “He was wont to fish in the air, to hunt in the sea” (“in aere piscare, in mare venari”). [Actually,…