Lawrence S. Lewin ’59

Larry died April 29, 2012, of liver cancer at home in Chevy Chase, Md.

Born in New York City, Larry attended Jamaica High School, where he presided over the student council. On the sophomore bicker committee at Princeton, Larry joined Campus Club, serving on its bicker committee and as social chairman. He was a Woodrow Wilson major and publicity director of the band. Choosing the Marine NROTC option, he served for three years following graduation.

An MBA from Harvard preceded a special assistantship to the postmaster general, where Larry helped prepare the study reorganizing the postal service. In 1969 he was made vice chairman of the HEW Task Force on Medicaid, and in 1970 he organized The Lewin Group, which grew into a prominent health care-consulting firm.

In 1984 he was elected to the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies, serving eight years on the IOM Council and receiving its distinguished service award. A member of the congressional task force on the Future of Military Health Care, he traveled to Iraq in 2007.

Divorced in 1976, Larry remarried in 1979 to Marion Ein. He is survived by Marion, a son, two stepsons, a brother, and a grandson. We have sent condolences.