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.
After six hours of manual labor yesterday – spent thinning out a flowering crabapple tree in preparation for eventual removal, I was inclined to go purposely off-line today. For the record, the flowering crab has been severely destabilized and won’t survive another six-hour barrage. However, five pounds of crabapples from the “wild” crabapple tree in the back…
In the “Bite Sizing” blog (http://lifemasterymusings.blogspot.com/2014/09/bite-sizing.html), it was noted that putting air in bike tires (i.e., increasing the pressure) makes the biking experience so much easier/better. To the uninitiated, that may seem like “cheating”. And so it may be! It’s going out of your way to make life easier and more manageable. So is going…
“Galvanization is the process of applying a protective zinc coating to steel or iron, to prevent rusting. The most common method is hot-dip galvanization, in which parts are submerged in a bath of molten zinc. Galvanizing protects in two ways: it forms a coating of corrosion-resistant zinc which prevents corrosive substances from reaching the more…
“I don’t need time. What I need is a deadline.” Duke Ellington “One forges one’s style on the terrible anvil of daily deadlines.” Emile Zola The truth is that most of us don’t function very well – if at all – unless or until we’re advertently imposed upon by some one, some thing or a…
Have you ever been presented a sandwich you couldn’t get between your teeth … and once you do manage to tear off a chunk, you can’t readily chew it until you mash it down to a more manageable bolus? NOTE: Snakes, eels, alligators/crocodiles and a number of other species have hinged jaws that can accommodate…