DELANO LEWIS

'Delano Eugene Lewis, Jr.' (born 1938 in Arkansas City, Kansas) is an American ambassador. He has had leadership roles with the Peace Corps, National Public Radio, and the U.S. diplomatic corps.
Lewis graduated from Washburn University School of Law, Topeka, Kansas, in 1963. He then went to work as an attorney in the U.S. Justice Department and later in the Office of Compliance in the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.PEACE CORPS Online, ''Delano E. Lewis, country director for the Peace Corps in Nigeria and Uganda from 1966 to 1969 Discusses U.S.-South Africa Relations.'', 08/06/1999 [1]
He was an associate director and country director for the Peace Corps in Nigeria and Uganda from 1966 to 1969.
Lewis served as chief campaign fundraiser for Washington, D.C. Mayor Marion Barry.[1]
Lewis was President of The Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Company from 1973-1993.
In 1993, National Public Radio announced that Lewis would become its fifth President and CEO. He left that post on August 1, 1998.[2]
On November 16, 1999, President Bill Clinton named Lewis to be the next U.S. ambassador to South Africa. His appointment lasted until June 22, 2001.
Lewis is a member of Alpha Phi Alpha, the first intercollegiate Greek-letter fraternity established for African Americans.
His son is actor Phill Lewis.

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1. INVESTOR'S BUSINESS DAILY, ''Can You Trust The National Media?'', 10/19/2006 [2]
2. NPR Website, ''NPR President and CEO Del Lewis Resigns His Future To Include Teaching, Lecturing and a Book.'', April 3, 1998 [3]


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