Gregory Lewis

My name is Gregory Lewis, I was born before man entered space and vividly remember being glued to the TV watching the first moon landing. My interest in science started in 2nd grade and by 3rd grade me and a friend were designing computers using human brains {ROFL}, while it seems so stupid today, we had elaborate plans drawn up and spent more 3rd... grade classroom time on that project than any of our studies. I was reading books on the invention of the X-ray machine and discovery of penicillin, etc in 2nd and 3rd grade science truly fasanated me. By 4th grade I discovered electronics and was hooked. I started building simple 1 tube projects from old TV's and radio's that I got from neighbors, my first project was a simple 1 tube electric organ, then a single tube am radio, later upgraded to a 2 tube with a 1 watt audio amp so I could listen to it on a speaker. My first electronic creation was of all things a burglar alarm for my bedroom, that sounded a buzzer and flashing light if the door was opened. I find this little fact interesting when you understand the career field I ended up in after the Navy. I met my future wife my sophomore year in high school through my best friend Danny who's then girl friend was Ruth's best friend...we fast became friends hanging out with each other and a small group of friends. We started dating our Junior year in high school and have been a couple since. After high school she attended pre-med at Baylor University and I went off to the Navy, we continued to remain a couple seeing each other 20 to 30 days a year when I was able to take leave. Finally in 1982 we were married and it has been a wonderful marriage since. She is truly the person for me and I can not envision my life with anyone other than her. After the Navy looking for a job in the electronics field, I was contacted by a Security Company who was looking for a Service Technician, I was hired in January 1980 as a Service technician, worked there 8 months and was promoted to Operations manager. My duties were to manage ...Read More