Background
Lewis, James Edward was born on July 11, 1927 in Ashland, Kentucky, United States. Son of Blaine and Hallie Maude (Heal) Lewis.
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Lewis, James Edward was born on July 11, 1927 in Ashland, Kentucky, United States. Son of Blaine and Hallie Maude (Heal) Lewis.
Bachelor of Arts, Centre College Kentucky, 1950; Master of Science, Purdue University, 1954; Doctor of Philosophy, Purdue University, 1956.
President, Radiochemistry, Inc., 1956-1965;
director research and development, United Carbon Company, 1965-1970;
director research and development, Ashland Oil, Inc., 1970-1974;
vice president research and development, Ashland Chemical Company, Dublin, Ohio., 1974-1979;
vice president, Ashland Chemical Company, 1979-1988;
mayor, City of Dublin, 1982-1986. Lecturer, licensor in W. Germany, France, Italy, England, Spain, Denmark, Australia, India, United States, China, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics, Japan, Sweden, Korea, Taiwan;member Kentucky Governor's Committee on Nuclear Energy and Space Science, 1961-1965, Kentucky Atomic Energy and Space Authority, 1961-1965. Member Southern Interstate Nuclear Board, 1963-1965.
Representative Industrial Research Institute, 1967-1988, emeritus representative, 1988-1993.
Member Dublin Municipal Council, 1979-1981. Served with United States Army, 1944-1947. Member American Chemical Society, Licensing Executives Society, Landings Club (Savannah), Sigma Xi.
Married Mary Ann Johnson, February 23, 1952. Children: Martha Lewis Innes, Glenna Lewis Rahr, Karen Lewis Hampshire.