Julie's giving during her marriages, contributions to the region around her, and the state of Colorado, continued even after death with the creation of the perpetual El Pomar Foundation.
Julie was born in 1870 to a wealthy and prominent businessman and former Detroit Mayor Alexander Lewis and his wife Elizabeth Ingersoll.
They were in the French Riviera and while Julie was sunbathing Spencer threw Dr. Penrose's letter of consent into her lap as a proposal.
[1] Spencer is credited for building the Pikes Peak Highway, rebuilding the cog railway, the Broadmoor Hotel, and the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo.
Julie with funding Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center and Penrose Memorial Hospital among others.
Her daughter, Baroness Sybille Michele Emilie Marie Ghislaine de Selys Longchamps, is the great-granddaughter of Julie.