ednesday, June 19, 2002
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Reverend CU pastor dead at 86 Lewis' impact felt on campus, in community By ESTHER CAMPI Ithaca Journal Staff ITHACA -- Friends remember The Rev. W. Jack Lewis, director of Cornell United Religious Work from 1965 to 1981, as a campus peacemaker in the turbulent '60s, a man who emptied his own pockets for locals in need and a master story teller who never lost his West Texas drawl. Lewis, 86, a Presbyterian minister who dubbed himself a "generic pastor" to people of all faiths, died Saturday of cancer at his home at Kendal at Ithaca retirement community. |
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