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J. Patrick Lewis |
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J. Patrick Lewis: Hello, my name is J. Patrick Lewis. When you think about it, that's kind of a funny name isn't it? Most people put their initial in between their first and last names, but in my case the initial comes first J. When I was born many many years ago, the doctor did not want to scare my mom so he did not tell her that she was going to have twins. Well, my brother was born first and they were going to call him Leo because that was my father's name. Then I came along 20 minutes later, and they didn't know what to call us. So a nurse said to my mom and dad, "Why don't you call them Pat and Mike since they're half Irish?" So that's what they did, only they still insisted on putting Leo in front of his name so he became Leo Michael Lewis. Then they needed a name to stick in front of Patrick Lewis so they just stuck John in front of my name. But I never went by John, and he never went by Leo. I am J. Patrick Lewis, he is L. Michael Lewis, and we have another brother named P. Timothy Lewis.
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