University of Maine at Portland - Reflection / Umpire Yearbook (Portland, ME)

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Undergraduate Division Lived and written by the Students-- Universz'ty of Maine in Portland Division of Continuing Education unis? HI Elllll I a l. :- - . IT

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THE 1964 UMPIRE The New Library and Classroom Building Opening at the University of Maine in Portland September, 1965

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DEDICATION Captain James A. Lewis Warmly loved and deeply respected by the hundreds of UMP students who have sat under his instruction, Captain Iames A. Lewis has made of astronomy a fascinating subject whose presentation has been enriched by his years of experience as a navigator. Captain Lewis was brought up within sight of salt water on the isIand of North Haven, where he was born on January 30, 1889, and the use of the stars in navigation became familiar to him from early chi1dhood. A Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Bowdoin in 1915, he has received further education at Harvard Law School and the University of Maine, in addition to his naval officer's training at Annapolis in 1918. After his World War I service as an oHicer 0n the battleship U.S.S. New Jersey, he continued in the naval reserve between wars, serving on a variety of naval vessels during his periods of reserve duty. Recalled to active duty in 1940, he served for six years in World War II, after which he was retired in 1946 with the per- manent rank of Captain USNB. As an educator, Captain Lewis started his teaching career as principal of the grammar school at North Haven in 1913, although he was still an undergraduate at Bowdoin at that time. After Worid War I he served as head of the science department of Portland High School for nearly four years and as principai of Westbrook High School for six years. He then became captain of the training vessel of Tabor Academy 010w an Honor Naval SchooU, teaching chemistry, mathematics, and nautical subjects from 1928 to 1940 and again, after his active duty in World War II, from 1946 to 1954. Returning to the Portland area, where he had been stationed as Executive Officer for some time during World War II, Captain Lewis started teaching at our campus one year before the 1957 merger which established the University of Maine in Portland. A loyal member of the American Legion, the Settlers, Club of Portland, the Fish Hawks' Club of Vinalhaven, and the Beta Theta Pi Fraternity of Bowdoin, Captain Lewis has earned the love and respect of all who know him.