E. Grey Lewis (1940–2005) was an American
lawyer
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who served as
General Counsel of the Navy
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from 1973 to 1977.
Biography
Lewis was born in 1940 in
Atlantic City, New Jersey
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Peddie School
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where he was
student body
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president.
"E, Grey Lewis '59"
''Princeton Alumni Weekly
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''. Accessed July 23, 2019. "Born in Atlantic City, Grey attended the Peddie School, where he was president of the student body." He attended Princeton University
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, receiving a B.A.
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in Politics
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in 1959. While there, he was on the swim team, the rowing team, and was a member of the American Whig–Cliosophic Society. He also participated in the Reserve Officers' Training Corps
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while in university and upon graduation, joined the United States Army
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. After completing his army service, he enrolled at the University of Pennsylvania Law School
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and graduated in 1963.
Assistant United States Attorney
After leaving law school, Lewis became an Assistant United States Attorney
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for the District of Columbia
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. He later became an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the United States Department of Justice Civil Division
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.
General Counsel of the Navy
In 1973, President of the United States
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Richard Nixon
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nominated Lewis as General Counsel of the Navy
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and, after Senate confirmation
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, he held this office from August 1, 1973 until April 21, 1977. For his service to the United States Department of the Navy
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, Lewis was awarded the Navy Distinguished Public Service Award
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.
Upon leaving the Department of the Navy, Lewis founded a Washington, D.C.
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law firm
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, Lewis, Kominers & James. He later became a partner
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Books
* ''The Partner'' (Grisham novel), by John Grisham, 1997
* ''The Partner'' (Jenaro Prieto novel), 1928
* ''The Partners'' (book), a 1983 book by James B. Stewart
* ''Partner'' (m ...
at McDermott Will & Emery
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.
Death
Lewis died in 2005 in Alexandria, Virginia
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.
References
External links
Obituary from Princeton Alumni Weekly
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1940 births
2005 deaths
General Counsels of the United States Navy
Peddie School alumni
People from Atlantic City, New Jersey
Princeton University alumni
University of Pennsylvania Law School alumni
Recipients of the Navy Distinguished Public Service Award
20th-century American lawyers
Nixon administration personnel
Ford administration personnel
Carter administration personnel