Claude Aubrey Lewis

Background

Lewis, Claude Aubrey was born on December 14, 1936 in New York City. Son of Robert George Lewis and Hazel (Perkinson) Gray.

Education

Bachelor of Arts in English, City College of New York, 1958. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Thomas Jefferson University, 1986.

Career

From editorial assistant to assistant editor, Newsweek, New York City, 1953-1964; reporter, New York Herald Tribune, New York City, 1964-1965; reporter, NBC, Philadelphia, 1965-1967; associate editor, columnist, Philadelphia Bulletin, 1967-1982; editor, public, National Leader, Philadelphia, 1982-1984; columnist, member editorial board, Philadelphia Inquirer, since 1984.

Achievements

• Claude Aubrey Lewis has been listed as a noteworthy columnist by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • Benjamin Banneker: The Man Who Saved Washington

    (A biography of the self-taught black mathematician and as...)

  • Adam Clayton Powell

Membership

Board of directors Valley Forge Medical Center, Philadelphia, Metropolitan Hospital, Philadelphia, Djonge McNair Health Fund, Philadelphia. Member National Association Black Journalists (founder).

Interests

• Avocations: photography, reading.

Connections

Married Beverly McKelvey, October 18, 1953. Children: Pamela, Bryan, Craig, Beverley.

Father:

Robert George Lewis Gray

Mother:

Hazel (Perkinson) Gray

Spouse:

Beverly McKelvey

child:

Craig Lewis

child:

Bryan Lewis

child:

Pamela Lewis

child:

Beverley Lewis