Dr. Catherine Lewis has been a museum director and university administrator since 2003, faculty member since 1997, and is a thought-leader and sought-after public speaker on leadership, sport, museums, and history. She is the Assistant Vice President of Museums, Archives & Rare Books; Director of the Museum of History and Holocaust Education; and Professor of History at Kennesaw State University.
She is the author, co-editor, or co-author of fifteen books, including Don’t Ask What I Shot: How Eisenhower’s Love of Golf Helped Shape 1950s America and Memories of the Mansion: The Story of the Georgia Governor’s Mansion with First Lady Sandra Deal and Dr. Jennifer Dickey. She recently co-authored Time to Get Tough: How Cookies, Coffee, and a Crash Led to Success in Business and Life with Michael Coles and Soaring: Eleven Guiding Principles on the Road from Segregation to Success with Lee Rhyant.
Dr. Lewis has curated more than 40 exhibits around the nation, and her scholarly areas include World War II and the Holocaust, Jewish history, public history, sport history, leadership and business history, African-American history, women’s history, and museum studies. Dr. Lewis regularly presents at national and international conferences and has helped bring numerous grants to KSU. In 2021, she was given the “Outstanding Service to the Museum Profession” award by the Southeastern Museums Conference.
Dr. Lewis completed her second term as president of the Georgia Association of Museums in 2016. She serves on several boards, including the Women’s Leadership Committee at Kennesaw State University, the Yates Scholarship Board for the Georgia State Golf Association, the Museum Committee for the United States Golf Association. She is the chair of the Bobby Jones Scholarship Advisory Committee, a partnership between Emory University and the University of St. Andrews.
Hybrid Meetings Have Begun! We currently have spaces for up to 40 members - email the office for more information or register in the events section on our website at www.kiwanisatlanta.org! You can still attend via Zoom!
Our next 5th Tuesday social and networking event will be May 31 at Atlanta Botanical Garden! Enjoy light snacks and adult beverages while viewing the marvelous Atlanta Skyline! RSVP by May 26th - and remember that this takes the place of the Noon Luncheon meeting.
You are invited to join us for a volunteer Work & Play Day! Come out to Camp Kiwanis on Saturday, May 14 to help us spruce up camp, before summer! Then join Club members, staff and guests for a BBQ lunch and an afternoon of fun. RSVP @ www.tinyurl.com/CKVolDay2022
We have had great speakers during our Kiwanis Club of Atlanta Zoom meetings! If you couldn't participate, we have saved all of them to Dropbox, but the most recent ones are available through the live link of the speaker name listed below! Click more to see the list of the most recent speakers and send an email to KiwanisClubAtlanta@gmail.com to let us know which meetings you would like to have. Remember, you can always check out past speakers by viewing the past bulletins archived on our web site.
Would you like to get to know our club members better and help greet them as well as our guests at our weekly in person meetings? If so, then join the Hospitality Committee ... all it takes is a smile!
Are you attending the KCA weekly meetings in person all the time and want to skip the registration process? Just email Karen at KiwanisClubAtlanta@gmail.com and have your name added to the automatic attendance list. Easy Peasy. All we ask is that you let us know when you ARE NOT going to be there so we don't have extra food ordered. Add your name to the list today and we will see you on Tuesday, Jan 4th!
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