Irwin Albert Lewis ’43

BUD DIED Aug. 18,1990, at the Glendale Adventist Medical Center of liposarcoma, a form of cancer. He was 68.

A graduate of Great Neck (L.I.) High School, he was a member of Charter Club while on campus. During WWII he served as a navigator in the U.S. Air Force, flying many missions over The Hump in the China-BurmaIndia theater.

Bud's career in business encompassed several forms of communications. He began in the Armed Forces Radio Network in West Germany, then turned from the spoken to the written word with United Press International. He later joined NBC as a writer for the original "Today" show with Dave Garroway. in 1966, Bud took charge of polling for NBC News, and in 1969 was made manager of election analysis. He first used the "exit poll," as it came to be known, to produce accurate election day forecasts of winners and losers. From 1979 until his death, Bud acted as director of the L.A. TIMES Poll.

He is survived by his wife, the former Alison Cummings; four daughters, Tracy, Alison, Catherine, and Jennifer; and a sister, Mrs. Robert Neilson. To the entire family we offer our most heartfelt condolences.

The Class of 1943