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.
Disruptive Motorvation is the process of purposely and proactively “breaking bonds” and “breaking rank” with convention and prevailing winds to create new realities of possibility and to achieve out-of- box results. This term borrows conceptually from Clayton Christensen’s theory of “disruptive innovation”: “The theory of disruptive innovation was first coined by Harvard professor Clayton M.…
“Do what you’re supposed to do and life will turn out the way it’s supposed to be.” [Found on an old farm house calendar] It’s a pretty simple formula – not rocket science. But it’s a bit deeper than the water in the tin cup at the well head next to the farm house, and…
The stump of our former flowering crabapple tree needed to be removed, but I was … well, … a bit “stumped”! My DIY inclination was undeterred, but I was obviously in unfamiliar territory. How do I approach this project, the “business end” of which (i.e., roots) is entirely underground? Theoretically, if I cut the roots,…
Peter Thompson passes along this advice from Alex Garcez, who teaches speed-reading, on learning a new skill: “He says, ‘Make a promise to yourself that you’ll practise for at least one minute per day.’ This is brilliant! You and I know we’ve made promises to practice or do something every day for x amount of…
Despite escalating provocation, I really didn’t want to move the house numbers higher on the house to accommodate a bush that was growing higher than it needed to be. Really! However … when ignoring the provocation was no longer a viable option, and when the wheels had to start turning, some indication of commitment was…