Research Catalog

Title

The HistoryMakers video oral history with George Lewis.

Publication

Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]

Details

Additional Authors

• Lewis, George R., 1941-
• Jones, Adrienne (Interviewer)
• Burghelea, Neculai
• HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.

Description

1 online resource (7 video files (3 hr., 9 min., 3 sec.)) : sound, color.

Summary

Corporate executive George Lewis was born on March 7, 1941 in Burgess, Virginia. After high school, Lewis enrolled in Hampton University. Making deliveries for his uncle's restaurant, he overheard businessmen talking and decided to change his major to accounting, earning his B.S. degree in 1963. Later in 1968, he earned his M.B.A. degree from Iona College in New Rochelle, New York. Lewis' first major job was General Foods Corporation as a sales analyst for Kool-Aid's division in New York. He moved to W. R. Grace as a financial analyst in 1967. He was then hired by Phillip Morris as corporate analyst in 1968. Lewis rose through the ranks at Phillip Morris and its subsidiaries, and by 1985, became one of the highest-ranking blacks in finance. In 1997, Lewis became president and CEO of Phillip Morris Capital Company where he retired from in 2001. Lewis received many awards and was on several boards.

Alternative Title

• History Makers video oral history with George Lewis
• George Lewis

Subject

• Lewis, George R., 1941- > Interviews
• African Americans > Interviews
• African Americans
• Corporate Executive

Genre/Form

• Internet videos.
• Interviews.
• Nonfiction films.
• Oral histories.

Credits (note)

• Videographer, Neculai Burghelea.

OCLC

1000519076

Title

The HistoryMakers video oral history with George Lewis.

Publisher

Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]

Country of Producing Entity

United States naf

Playing Time

030903

Type of Content

two-dimensional moving image

Type of Medium

computer

Type of Carrier

online resource

Digital File Characteristics

video file

Performer

Adrienne Jones, interviewer.

Credits

Videographer, Neculai Burghelea.

Event

Recorded Stamford, Connecticut 2007 September 7.

Source of description

Vendor-supplied metadata.

Connect to:

Available from home with a valid library card and onsite at NYPL

Indexed Term

Corporate Executive.

Added Author

Lewis, George R., 1941- interviewee.

Jones, Adrienne (Interviewer), interviewer.

Burghelea, Neculai, director of photography.

HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.