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Lewis, Drew, 1931-2016

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Personal name headingLewis, Drew, 1931-2016
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Variant(s)Lewis, Andrew L., Jr. (Andrew Lindsay), 1931-2016
Lewis, Andrew Lindsay, Jr., 1931-2016
LocatedNorristown (Pa.)
Birth date1931-11-03
Death date2016-02-10
Place of birthPhiladelphia (Pa.)
Place of deathPrescott (Ariz.)
Field of activityAir Traffic Controllers' Strike, U.S., 1981
AffiliationUnited States. Department of Transportation
Profession or occupationCabinet officers
Found inU.S. Cong. Senate. Com. on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Nomination--Secretary of Transportation, 1981 (subj.) t.p. (Andrew L. Lewis, Jr., to be Secretary, Dept. of Transportation) p. 4 (Andrew Lindsay Lewis, Jr.; b. 11/3/31)
1981 Congressional Directory, p. 605 (Drew Lewis, b. 11/3/31; BS, Haverford College, 1953; MBA, Harvard Graduate School of Business, 1955)
WWW site for Political graveyard, viewed Apr. 22, 2005 (Lewis, Andrew Lindsay, Jr.; also known as Drew Lewis; b. Nov. 3, 1931; U.S. Secretary of Transportation, 1981-83)
LC database, Feb. 18, 2016 (heading: Lewis, Andrew Lindsay, 1931- ; usage: Drew Lewis, Andrew L. Lewis, Jr.)
New York times WWW site, viewed Feb. 18, 2016 (in obituary published Feb. 12: Drew Lewis; b. Andrew Lindsay Lewis Jr., Nov. 3, 1931, Philadelphia; grew up on a farm in Norristown, Pa.; d. Wednesday [Feb. 10, 2016], Prescott, Ariz., aged 84; as transportation secretary under Ronald Reagan in the early 1980s led contract negotiations with the air traffic controllers' union and, when many of its members went on strike, put together a temporary system to keep planes in the air)
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