Linda Lewis was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to a father whom “she admired very much because he was an ethical man.” He was dedicated to their community and volunteered at charity events, spending time not only with his children but with other children who were not so fortunate. Lewis gives her father “a lot of credit for who she became.” Her mother was a homemaker and part-time worker who was very “stern.” From her parents, Lewis learned how to be “hard on herself, but gentle to others.”
Growing up, Lewis was a Lutheran among Catholics in her neighborhood and she “learned to stand alone.” She discovered Martin Luther who “had the courage to take on the establishment during his time.” Lewis loved to read about historical figures and fictional figures who took on difficult opponents. Lewis noted Queen Zenobia who challenged the Roman Empire and lost, but the world remembers what she did as a cultured monarch.
Lewis graduated from the University of Texas with a degree in Geosciences in 1979 and received an Emergency Administration and Planning degree in 1989 from the University of North Texas. Since she was a child, Lewis was fascinated by science, bringing home rocks and plants and wanting to know more about them. Her interests were never encouraged because “girls were not expected to go into science.” Her mother felt the role for girls was to grow up and get married, so Lewis had to pay her own college tuition.
Lewis worked for Argon National...
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