Arthur William Lewis

Background

Lewis, Arthur William was born on August 5, 1926 in Lyttelton, Canterbury, New Zealand. Son of Arthur and Margaret Wallace (Steele) Lewis.

Education

Doctor of Medicine, University New Zealand, 1951. Bachelor of Laws, University Canterbury, 1966. Master of Laws, University Canterbury, 1968.

Diploma of Venereology, Society Apothecaries, London, 1976.

Career

Junior house staff, Ashburton Hospital, 1952; senior house staff, Christchurch Hospital, 1953; demonstrator in anatomy, Otago Medical School, 1954; private general medical practice, Kaiapoi, North Canterbury, 1955-1972; private general medical practice, Miramar, Wellington, since 1973; staff department venereology, Wellington Hospital, Wellington, since 1973. Honorary staff visiting venereologist Sexual Health Superior vena cava syndrome, 1992. Member Council of International communications of Jurists, New Zealand, 1980.

Lecturer school nursingHutt, later Wellington, 1977-1988.

Achievements

• Arthur William Lewis has been listed as a reputable Physician, lawyer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Council member Newtown Residents association, since 1985. Member Royal College General Practitioners, Member Medical Association Wellington (medical secretary 1972), Wellington District Law Society, World Association for Medical Law (board governors 1991, vice president 1994).

Interests

• Avocation: amateur radio.

Connections

Married Jacqueline Barnett, December 4, 1954 (divorced December 1979). Children: Jonathan, Helen Jane.

Father:

Arthur Lewis

Mother:

Margaret Wallace (Steele) Lewis

Spouse:

Jacqueline Barnett

child:

Jonathan Lewis

child:

Helen Jane Lewis