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Encyclopedia > Drew Lewis

Andrew Lindsay Lewis, Jr. was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1931. He is widely known as Drew Lewis. It has been suggested that Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania be merged into this article or section. ... 1931 is a common year starting on Thursday. ...


Life and education

He received his BS from Haverford College in 1953 and his MBA from Harvard University in 1955. He did postgraduate work at MIT in 1968. During this time he married a woman named Marilyn and they currently have three children together. BS or bs is an abbreviation with multiple meanings, including: Bachelor of Science degree British Standard Bahamas ( ISO country code) The postcode for Bristol, England A card game The Swiss canton of Basel-Stadt Shorthand for the backspace and the backspace control character Shorthand for the Venezuelan bolívar currency Bosnian... Haverford College is a coeducational, undergraduate liberal arts college in Haverford, Pennsylvania. ... 1953 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... Master of Business Administration (MBA) is a tertiary degree in business management. ... Harvard University is a private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, and a member of the Ivy League. ... 1955 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Massachusetts Institute of Technology, or MIT, is a research and educational institution located in the city of Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. MIT is a world leader in science and technology, as well as in many other fields, including management, economics, linguistics, political science, and philosophy. ... 1968 was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ...


Career

In the 1950s he held several positions at Henkels and McCoy, Inc. In the 1960s he rose up the ranks of National Gypsum Company becoming their assistant chairman in 1969. From 1972 to 1974 he was president and CEO of Snelling and Snelling, Inc. From 1974 to 1981 he headed Lewis and Associates. He became active in Ronald Reagan's campaign in 1980 and went on to serve as his Secretary of Transportation from 1981 to 1983. After this he served as Chairman and CEO of Union Pacific from 1986 to 1987. Since then he has been on the boards of American Express, Ford Motor Co., and SmithKlein Beckman Corp. Gypsum is a very soft mineral composed of calcium sulfate dihydrate, with the chemical formula CaSO4·2H2O. // Chemical structure Gypsum from New South Wales, Australia Heating gypsum above approximately 150°C (302°F) partially dehydrates the mineral by driving off exactly 75% of the water contained in its chemical structure. ... Ronald Wilson Reagan, GCB, (February 6, 1911 – June 5, 2004) was the 40th President of the United States (1981–1989) and the 33rd Governor of California (1967–1975). ... The United States Secretary of Transportation is the head of the United States Department of Transportation. ... 1981 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1983 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Chief Executive Officer (CEO) is the job of having the ultimate executive responsibility or authority within an organization or corporation. ... The Union Pacific Railroad (NYSE: UNP) is the largest railroad in the United States. ... American Express NYSE: AXP is a diversified global financial services company headquartered in the United States. ... 2002 Ford Fiesta in the UK. The Ford Motor Company (sometimes nicknamed Fords or FoMoCo, (NYSE: F) is an automobile maker founded by Henry Ford in Detroit, Michigan, and incorporated on June 16, 1903. ...


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