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Lewis E. Lehrman's biography recounts a purposeful life of accomplishments. He was instrumental early on in building up the family business, Rite Aid. Later he formed a successful investment business, joined Morgan Stanley, and founded a hedge fund. To further his passion for study, he founded the Lehrman Institute and with Richard Gilder the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, endowed the Lincoln Prize, partnered with Monticello, and created the Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition at Yale. His significant collection of historical documents and artifacts is housed on the ground floor of the New-York Historical Society. Lew and Dick Gilder received the National Humanities Medal in 2005 for their groundbreaking work in history. A political conservative who worked at the grassroots level to promote ideas and issues, he ran for governor of New York against Mario Cuomo, went on to work with and challenge the Reagan administration, and then formed Citizens for America. A man of principle and faith, he converted to Catholicism. Husband of Louise, father of five, and grandfather of fifteen, Lew made time in the midst of a busy career for family at the farm in central Pennsylvania and their home in Greenwich. Athletic through his life, he ran marathons, biked, rode horses with Louise, played football in a Greenwich league, and always enjoyed games on the lawn with the kids. His biography is filled with interviews, remembrances, quotes, and photographs of the many influential personalities, partners, and associates Lew has worked with throughout his life. They best testify to Lew's significance. The sometimes unexpected choices Lew has made and delivered on sum up an exemplary life--wide, deep, and well lived. Lew has excelled in all the many parts of life that have mattered to him: work, investing, public service, philanthropy, study and scholarship, academic distinction, writing, advocating for monetary policy, personal fitness, and family life. It's his story, told the way he wants it to be recorded.