Timothy Lewis:  

After graduating from Mendel, I attended the University of New Mexico on a football scholarship. I stayed and played 4 years which was unusual in those days. I think there were 3 seniors left over from my freshman team. Freshmen were not eligible to play for the varsity in those days. Thank goodness. I graduated from UNM with a BA in Education and English and returned to Chicago. I taught and coached in the Chicago public schools for 5 ½ years. I was fortunate to coach some fabulous athletes like Keena Turner at CVS who won a number of Super Bowls with the SF 49¿rs. I¿m a trivia answer for people who have played and coached in Soldier Field. We returned to Albuquerque after missing the mountains, clean air and unclogged highways. My wife, Karen EWing, was born in Alb. and even though she enjoyed being a stewardess flying out of New York and Chicago, we both missed the Southwest. I taught and coached in Alb. at Sandia HS. for 2 ½ years until one of the sales managers at the Caterpillar dealership finally convinced me to come to work for him. Even though I coached H.S. track for awhile and had a couple of age group track teams, I never returned to teaching. It is a shame we don¿t invest more in our kids and teachers especially at an early age. We would probably have fewer social problems. ( enough with the social commentary ) I have 2 daughters. Patti graduated from UNM and lives in London as a corporate consultant for Booz Allen. She has 2 sons - Gabr...Expand for more