Oral history interview with Walter Malin Lewis and biographical poem, 1997 January 9

File — Carton: 1, Folder: 44

Identifier: MSS 9148 File 44

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Scope and Contents

Don E. Norton oral history interview with Walter Malin Lewis, dated January 9, 1997. Includes transcript and accompanying index. Also includes a biographical poem written by Lewis, and a photocopy of his obituary.

Dates

1997 January 9

Creator

Norton, Don Evan, 1902-1983 (interviewer, Person)
Lewis, Walter Malin, 1917-2002 (interviewee, Person)

Conditions Governing Access

Open for public research.

Conditions Governing Use

It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances. Permission to publish material from this collection must be obtained from Reference Services at specialcollections@byu.edu.

Biographical History

Walter Malin Lewis was born on October 30, 1917 in Provo, Utah. He served an LDS mission in the South Africa Mission from 1938-1940. When he returned, he registered for the draft, but was exempt for a few years and graduated from Brigham Young University in 1943. He was in the US Army from 1943-1946, serving in the Signal Corps in the South Pacific. After returning home, he married in 1950 and had four children. They lived in Illinois, where he worked in the optometry business. He retired to Provo, Utah in 1981. He passed away in June 2002.