World Adventurer Visits Montville High School

Dr. Eugene Lewis, one of the world's most interesting man, visited Montville High School on Tuesday. 

Robert Thorn, coordinator of the English Language Learners program at Montville High School, writes this about Lewis:

Lewis is an amazing man. He builds schools and hospitals in Haiti, provides rechargeable flashlights for school children in Bhutan, an animal behavior expert and takes tourist on trips to encounter wild animals.

He works with the World Wildlife Foundation to protect the baby harp seals,  builds orphanages around the world for homeless children and is an expert on global warming, He is a consultant to companies building power plants, and he has been honored with recognition from many governments including the Bhutan Royal Family.

Dr. Lewis was the science department head for the University of New Brunswick for over 35 years. The university encouraged Dr. Lewis to travel throughout the world taking on new challenges and making the world a better place to live.

Today Dr. Lewis is still a consultant with the university and a consultant with major industries. He lives a live of adventure, climbing Mt. Everest, taking safaris in Africa and dealing with rogue governments in east Asia.

He has earned his title as one of the world's most interesting men.

According to an essay on the University of New Brunswick website, Lewiswas the chairman of the department of electrical and computer engineering for 22 years, retiring in 2005. During those decades, he hired nearly all the current faculty in the department.

"He was instrumental," the website says, "in the development of 10 courses with their respective associated laboratories in the areas of electromagnetics, transmission lines, microwaves and fibre optics."

More recently, according to the site, Lewis has devoted himself to a project to bring lighting to rural homes in Bhutan, where nearly 70 percent are without electricity.