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Chicago Tribune Business Section 2 Monday, December 8, 2014 OBITUARIES RONNIE LEWIS 1944-2014 Educator was suburb's first black official those who said a landfill operating in Dolton would create more jobs. By the time the political fight was over, Mr. Lewis said he did not support landfills, even though the Village Board supported the annexation move at the time. It was during Mr. Lewis' mayoral term that village officials tried awarding a $1 million contract to a company run by his daughter to operate the Dorchester Center, a one-time Ramada Inn that village officials had purchased and converted into a residence hall for lower-income senior citizens, according to Tribune reports.

Public outcry ultimately caused village officials to back off that deal. Mr. Lewis was born in Lexington, and was educated at Tennessee State University in Nashville, where he earned a By Gregory Tejeda Special to the Tribune Ronnie Lewis was a longtime educator in Chicago Public Schools when he became south suburban Dolton's first African-American local government official, ultimately rising to the post of mayor. Mr. Lewis, who was 69 when he died Wednesday, Dec.

3, following a heart attack at his home, according to family members, became a part of Dolton government in 1991 when he was appointed by then-Mayor Michael Peck to fill a vacancy on the Village Board. He kept getting re-elected to his village trustee post through 2008, when the Village Board appointed him mayor following the death in November that year of William Shaw, from whom Mr. Lewis once said he "learned a lot" about governing, according to a news report. Mr. Lewis was elected to his own mayoral term in 2009 and remained in the top post until he lost a re-election bid in 2013 to current Mayor Riley Rogers.

"He served the village well. He was an elected official for a long time," Rogers said. "He was well-liked by a lot of people in the village." Rogers said Dolton officials are considering a tribute to Mr. Lewis' memory but want to consult with his family first. Mr.

Lewis moved to Dolton from Chicago in the late 1970s, his daughter An-gelique said. He spent three decades at CPS before retiring in 2000 as assistant principal at Harlan Community Academy, his daughter able to purchase a home for his family in a nice, safe community," Angelique Lewis said. During his time as mayor, Mr. Lewis took pride in several businesses that located along the south suburban village's business strip on Sibley Boulevard including a Food 4 Less supermarket and a CVS pharmacy, according to the village's website. In 2012, Land and Lakes Co.

tried to have its River Bend Prairie landfill, which was in both Dolton and Chicago, annexed entirely into the suburb to get around restrictions against landfill operations in Chicago. The General Assembly and Gov. Pat Quinn responded by approving statewide restrictions against landfill operations, siding with environmental activists and opposing bachelor of science degree in industrial education, according to Angelique Lewis. He came to Chicago with his wife in 1966, and later earned a master of arts degree from Roosevelt University in administration and supervision, which led to his work in the Chicago schools, his daughter said. He served in various roles at Harlan Academy and briefly was a Chicago Teachers Union representative.

Besides his wife and daughter Angelique, Mr. Lewis is survived by his daughter Angeline. Visitation is from 6 to 9 p.m. Monday at A.R. Leak Sons Funeral Home, 18400 S.

Pulaski Road, Country Club Hills. Funeral services will be at noon Tuesday at New Zion Christian Fellowship Church, 14200 Chicago Road in Dolton. ffiiicafio Daily Sribune awarded the Heisman Tro- phy In 2003 President George W. Bush signed a $400 billion Medicare overhaul bill that included a prescription drug plan for the elderly. Also in 2003 Congress VILLAGE OF DOLTON Ronnie Lewis was a longtime educator at CPS.

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