Glenn C. Lewis was born July 13th, 1920, in Oakley, Idaho and was the youngest of seven children. He graduated from Shelley High School in 1938 and then began to attend the University of Idaho. He married Hope Brown in 1942 and had three children together but later separated. He was drafted into the Army for World War II in in summer of 1942 and served in North Africa, Corsia, and southern France. After his time in the Army, he returned to the University of Idaho and finished his bachelor’s and obtained a master’s degree. He later became employed by the University in the Agricultural Chemistry department. He remarried in 1956 to Norma Stone and they had three children, they were married for 52 years. He finished his doctorate at Purdue in 1961 and retired from teaching at University of Idaho in 1985: after 38 years. He passed away April 19th, 2009, at his home in Moscow, ID surrounded by his family. He is survived by his wife, Norma, and his children: Wallace, Rand, Camille, Reed, Ann, and Amy; as well as ten grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. -Taken from his obituary in Moscow-Pullman Daily News.