Gwendolyn Lewis, a professional photographer who had been a sociology professor, died of cancer Feb. 8, 2012. She was 68.

Lewis was a 1965 graduate of Reed College. After earning a master’s degree from San Jose State University in 1968, she earned a Ph.D. in sociology from Princeton in 1975.

She taught at the University of Pittsburgh from 1973 to 1980, and during the 1970s, spent 18 months in Turkey on a Fulbright fellowship. In the early 1980s, she was a research associate at Cornell and a project director for a Chicago-based consortium of private colleges. In 1984, Lewis joined the National Research Council. She later was employed in several science-oriented positions before becoming a senior education specialist at the U.S. Department of Agriculture in 1991. She was director of higher education programs from 1995 to 1998.

Lewis then began a second career as a photographer. She emphasized architectural subjects while specializing in black-and-white photography. Exhibiting in more than 100 shows in the Washington, D.C., area, she won many awards. Active in her local Reed alumni chapter, she served on the college’s board of trustees in the 1990s.

Lewis is survived by her husband of 24 years, David C. Montgomery. Her first marriage ended in divorce.

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Graduate Class of 1975