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.
I’m fascinated by superstar players in sports – how they almost seem to see things in slow motion despite the frenetic pace of a game and can seemingly adjust in mid-air. Some of that enhanced performance comes from having “seen” so many similar “field” situations in the past (i.e., they’ve put in their 10,000+ hours).…
LIFE’S TOUGH The CHALLENGES are formidable, the RESPONSIBILITIES awesome, the EXPECTATIONS out-of-sight, and TIME is always too short for what we want and need to do. To protect ourselves from the vicissitudes of life, we often hide in variably constructed “shells” – each of us having our own personal mode of sheltering from the storms.…
Think of “hustling” as investing: Whatever we do above and beyond expectations adds up and pays dividends. That’s a marked contrast to always being behind and in debt. Unfortunately, many fail to understand that just “getting by” or “staying even” is not a “Zero Sum Game”. The farther we go in the journey, the higher…
The fundamental, nagging, gnawing question that keeps me up late at night is this: Why do we have so many “Defining Moments” / “Moments of Truth” in life? “It ain’t fair!” “Why ME?” “I never saw it coming!” “I never signed up for THIS!” “There oughtta be a law!” [In fact, there IS!] Why do…
Barriers Not being able to function “normally” can be soul-darkening! We just came through a major, sanity-challenging floor renovation project carried out in the midst of three historic Polar Vortices, and haven’t yet completely recovered. Three weeks of preparation included moving all the furniture from 6 rooms into the basement and garage, severely compromising the…