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.
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…
It’s only frightening when you think about it: Our DNA only takes us so far in the universe – with a primary emphasis on things like survival and perpetuation of the species – and gives us little evolutionary underpinning for functioning in “civilization” at large, never mind AT LARGE!. So we have to superimpose the…
Being “accountable” is the prime currency for “making it” in the universe at large as well as for “making it” in the personal universes we each inhabit. You may have money and you may have power, but if you don’t have accountability, your run at the trough will be short-lived. Aug. 26, 2014: RICHMOND —…
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,…