Andrew L. Lewis Jr.
| Andrew L. Lewis Jr. | |
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| 7th United States Secretary of Transportation | |
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In office January 23, 1981 – February 1, 1983 |
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| President | Ronald Reagan |
| Preceded by | Neil Goldschmidt |
| Succeeded by | Elizabeth Dole |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Andrew Lindsay Lewis Jr. November 3, 1931 Broomall, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Died | February 10, 2016 (aged 84) Prescott, Arizona, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Marilyn Stoughton |
| Children | Karen Andrew Russell |
| Alma mater |
Haverford College Harvard University Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Religion | Schwenkfelder Church |
Andrew Lindsay "Drew" Lewis Jr. (November 3, 1931 – February 10, 2016) was an American businessman and politician from the state of Pennsylvania. He was United States Secretary of Transportation in the first portion of the administration of U.S. President Ronald W. Reagan, and is best known for presiding over the firing of the striking U.S. air traffic controllers in 1981.
Andrew Lindsay Lewis Jr. was born in Norristown, Pennsylvania, on November 3, 1931. He received his Bachelor of Science in 1953 from Haverford College in Haverford, Pennsylvania, and in 1955 his Master of Business Administration from Harvard University. He did postgraduate work at MIT in 1968. In June 1950, he married the former Marilyn Stoughton, a Republican former member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives. The Lewises had four children together and fourteen grandchildren; son Andrew L. Lewis, III, died in infancy. His son Andrew "Andy" Lewis, IV, served as a township commissioner in Haverford Township between 2004 and 2007 and was elected in 2007 to the Delaware County Council. Lewis's sister, Floy Lewis Bakes, graduated from Ursinus College; he donated $3 million to Ursinus to build a field house, which became the Floy Lewis Bakes Center.
At the time of his nomination for Transportation Secretary, he was a member of the Schwenkfelder Church.
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