Edward Earl Lewis

Background

Lewis, Edward Earl was born on March 9, 1926 in Royal Oak, Michigan, United States. Son of Arthur Earl and Rose Martha (Gerboth) Lewis.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Ball State University, 1959.

Career

Newspaper reporter Star, Muncie, Indiana, 1944-1946, Statesman, Salem, Oregon, 1946-1948. Editor Journal Gas City, Indiana, 1949-1951, Argus, Brighton, Michigan, 1953-1955. Writer Chrysler Corporation, Detroit, 1955-1958.

Public relations executive Wyandotte Chemicals, Michigan, 1958-1961. Advertising manager Gelman Instrument Company, Ann Arbor, 1962-1966, founder public subsidiary, 1966, vice president, general manager, 1966-1968, president, general manager, 1968-1971. President, owner Ann Arbor Science Publications, Inc., 1971-1984.

Founder, president, chief executive officer Lewis Publications Inc., 1984-1990, consultant, since 1990. Instructor Cleary College, Ypsilanti, Michigan, 1964. Adjunct professor graduate school business Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, since 1988.

Achievements

• Edward Earl Lewis has been listed as a noteworthy publisher by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Board Education, Chelsea, Michigan, 1968-1970. Member alumni council Ball State University, 1982-1985, member alumni communications advisory board, 1989-1990. Served with United States Naval Reserve, 1943-1944.

Member Industrial Editors Association Detroit (president), International Council Industrial Editors, Ann Arbor President's Association, American Veterans of World World War II, Korea, Vietnam (founding Commander Salem post 1947), Chelsea Club, Masons, Chelsea Kiwanis (president 1989-1990). Clubs: Chelsea. Lodges: Masons, Kiwanis (president-elect Chelsea club 1988).

Connections

Married Jean Elizabeth Sanborn, September 23, 1952. Children– Steven Edward (deceased), Jon Richard, Brian Arthur.