He was the first child born at the hospital there, the son of Major General Edward Mann Lewis and Harriet Russell Balding.

He was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant of Infantry and served in World War I, and World War II rising to deputy chief of staff and adjutant general of the 12th Army Group under General Omar Bradley, the largest group ever constituted by the US Army.

His classmates included Geoffrey Keyes, Paul Newgarden, Richard U. Nicholas, Charles H. Corlett, William A. McCullogh, Douglas T. Greene, Robert M. Perkins, Louis A. Craig, Carlos Brewer, William R. Schmidt, Alexander Patch, Robert L. Spragins, Francis K. Newcomer, Henry B. Cheadle and Lunsford E. Oliver.

After graduation in 1913, he joined the 20th Infantry Regiment and served with that unit when they were transferred to El Paso Texas, to defend the border with Mexico.

Due to his energy and organizational skills, he was promoted to assistant provost marshal and aide to Brigadier General George Ball Jr. until 1917.

In 1921, they moved west again as Lewis served as the assistant adjutant of the 2nd Division at Camp Travis, Fort Sam Houston.

MacArthur instituted sweeping reforms to the academic process, including introducing a greater emphasis on history and humanities.

His father, Major General Edward Mann Lewis Commanded the Hawaiian Department at this time, and he visited Tianjin while on an inspection tour, before he retired in 1927.

His untiring efforts, leadership, tact and sound judgment were largely responsible for the efficient operation of the command.

After the breakout from the beach-head at Normandy, the Twelfth Army Group formed the center of the Allied forces on the Western Front.

[3] In 1946, he was appointed director of organization, coordination and planning at the Veterans Administration, again serving under General Omar Bradley.

He died on May 21, 1966, in San Francisco, California, and was buried at Arlington National Cemetery with his wife, Sarah Clitz Anderson.