Background
Lewis, Dorothy Lei Ploetner was born on June 24, 1923 in Louisville. Daughter of Victor Michael, Junior and Agnes Marie (Lynch) Ploetner.
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Dorothy Lei Ploetner Lewis
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Bachelor of Science in Secondary Education, Indiana University, 1949. Master of Science in Elementary Education, Indiana University, 1953. Doctor of Philosophy in Rhetoric and Company, University Louisville, 1984.
Career
Secretary, E.I. du Pont, Charlestown, Indiana, 1940-1944;
recruiter, United States Coast Guard, New Orleans, 1944-1946;
student aide School Education, Indiana U., Bloomington, 1946-1949;
elementary teacher, Clarksville (Indiana) Community Schools, 1949-1957;
secondary teacher, Clarksville (Indiana) Community Schools, 1957-1986;
Professor of English Department, University Louisville, 1985-1987;
adjunct assistant professor School Education, U. Louisville, since 1987. Presenter Association Gifted Education, St. Louis, 1982. Participant Indiana Writing Project, Indianapolis, 1982.
Consultant Personal Language Arts Superior vena cava syndrome, Bardstown, Kentucky, 1988-1989, Carroll County, Ky, 1989-1990.
Achievements
Membership
Lay eucharistic minister St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Jeffersonville, Indiana, since 1987. President Southern Indiana Tourism Bureau, Clarksville, 1991. Secretary Clarksville Riverfront Foundation, since 1987.
President Clarksville Community School Board of Education, 1990. Member precinct committee # 34 Clark County Democratic Central, Clarksville, since 1985. With United States Coast Guard, 1944-1946.
Member National Education Association (life), Kentucky Council Teachers English (editor newsletter 1987-1989), Phi Kappa Phi, Delta Kappa Gamma (State School award 1980-1983, International award 1981, president 1972-1974), Phi Lambda Theta.
Interests
Connections
Married Norman Millard Lewis, Senior, May 17, 1946 (deceased January 1978). Children: Norman Millard, Junior, Julian Jerome.
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Nationality
American