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.
Everyone wants an “Edge” … wants to have “a Leg UP” … wants to Beat the Odds … In fact, we will go to any length – even lying, cheating and stealing when the chips are down – to “get our due” … and, preferably more, wherever possible. “In 2007, gambling activities [in the US]…
It’s what “Makes Our Day” … the acquired, adopted or bestowed assertion that we’re OK … that we have value and are headed in a reasonably ”right” direction. It’s what we live for – a sense that we’re “making it”. Life without affirmation is an existence without color or light or hope or possibility. However,…
OK, let’s face it: Most of the things that make life more “manageable” range from boring to downright unpleasant: · Picking up after ourselves · Doing the laundry · Making the bed · Loading and unloading the dishwasher · Studying / Preparing a presentation · Grocery shopping · Preparing meals · Getting our exercise ·…
First Principle of Manageability You can’t have it all and/or do it all – at least not all at once. We CAN – and DO, however, all hope for better and wish for more. And reasonable opportunity to DO and BE is essential. The minimum one can ask is to have at least a “fighting…
Who has not thought – at some point – about running away? · … from oppression … · … from boredom … · … from constraint … · … from inextricable calamity · … from clamoring, cloying, conscriptive dependencies … “Frankly, my dear, I don’t give a damn!” Rhett Butler to Scarlett O’Hara Gone With…