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James Poland Lewis, Jr.

James Poland Lewis, Jr.

James P.Lewis, Jr.

Name:
James P. Lewis, Jr.

Born:
January 28, 1928

Joined AGB:
1958

Primary Dept/Div:
Executive

Primary Office:
New York

James (Jim) Lewis, Jr. was born in 1928 in Philadelphia. He joined Becker in 1958. Jim attended Yale, and prior to Becker, Jim worked in the syndicate department at Goldman, Sachs. Jim handled various managerial tasks in the NY office between his retirement in 1969, including assistant and then manager of the retail sales force, institutional sales and research management, and membership on the Board and the Executive Committee. Jim was responsible for the 1962 creation and development of the Exchange Funds business as described in the Chronicle. Jim retired to Connecticut in 1969 and renewed his education at Yale completing an AB and obtaining a Master’s Degree in Industrial Psychology from Clark University. He then worked for Flanagan and Webster for a short period and then became an independent consultant to the investment community.

Obituary:
James (Jim) P. Lewis Jr. died on December 22, 2010 in Oro Valley, AZ. at age 82. He was survived by his wife, Jennifer; a daughter; two sons; grandchildren; two sisters; and a brother.

Other Photos:

A.G.Becker & Co., Inc. Board of Directors, Late 1965. Seated, left to right: Vince Flett, Bill Mabie, James Becker, Paul Judy, Irv Sherman; standing, left to right: Roger Brown, Herb Schaffner, Mac Skall, Jack Connor, Jim Lewis, Harry Weber, Don Pearson, Maury Cann, and Dave Heller.
Board of Directors, A.G.Becker & Col, Inc. Mid -1966. Accross and around the table, from right to left: Herb Schaffner, Maury Cann, Roger Brown, Harry Weber, Mac Skall, Bill Mabie, Irv Sherman, James Becker, Paul Judy, Vince Flett, Don Pearson, Jack Connor, Jim Lewis, and Dave Heller.
Board of Directors and Former Directors, A.G.Becker & Co., Inc. December, 1967. Sitting, left to right: Jim Lewis, Don Pearson, Paul Judy, James Becker, Roger Brown, Jack Connor, Dave Heller; standing, left to right: Herb Schaffner, Ken Nelson, Mac Skall, Steve Weiss, Bill Mabie, John Mabie, Harry Weber, Dave Dattelbaum, Dick Gilder, Irv Sherman, Vince Flett, and Joe Levin.
Board of Directors, A.G.Becker & Co., Inc. 1968-69. Sitting, left to right: Roger Brown, Jim Lewis, Dave Dattelbaum, Harry Weber, James Becker, Irv Sherman, Bill Mabie, Ken Nelson; stanfing left to right: Mac Skall, Steve Weiss, Dave Heller, Bill Cockrum, Burt Weiss, Jack Connor, Al Kopin, John Mabie, and Paul Judy.

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