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.
There is an increasing concern – at least an increasing discussion – about the fact that earth has finite dimensions and finite resources while its population – at this cusp of the 21st century – is threatening to exhaust both available space and resources within a foreseeable future. More than a few scientists and arm-chair…
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I could do better. You could do better. And the whole lot of us could do a lot worse. So what’s the point of “going above and beyond the call of duty”? If it’s not urgent, important, completely necessary or life-threatening, why bother? If it’s “passable” – if it’s “good enough for government work” –…