DALLAS – The Reverend Doctor Frederick D. Lewis, Senior Associate Pastor of Smith Chapel A. M. E. Church in Dallas will serve the Texas State Senate as Pastor for a Day on May 14.
Dr. Lewis is an ordained elder in the African Methodist Episcopal Church Texas with 34 years ministerial experience and has been active in civic and social affairs since he was a teenager in 1960 and was a runner for his Precinct Captain during the election of President John F. Kennedy
Dr. Lewis holds several advanced certificates including but not limited to Harvard Law School, The National Judicial College and Southern Methodist University. He has earned degrees as a graduate of De Paul University, College of Law, Juris Doctorate; Trinity International Seminary, Master of Theological Studies; Illinois State University, Bachelor of Science; Illinois Central College Associate in Arts and Science; and holds an Honorary Doctorate of Laws from Monrovia College and Industrial Institute of the AME Church in Monrovia, Liberia, West Africa.
Dr. Lewis was honored in 1986 when Bishop Samuel Solomon Morris, bestowed the Honorary Degree of Laws on him upon the recommendation of his pastor, Dr. H. H. Walker, in recognition of his work in the Civil Rights Movement including work with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The Ward Chapel AME Church gave him the Martin Luther King Jr. Drum Major award that same year.
Dr. Lewis has served the community through participation in fraternal organizations including Alpha Phi Alpha (Life Member), Phi Alpha Delta (Law Fraternity), Phi Beta Lambda (Business Fraternity) and Prince Hall Mason and continues to serve the public today. The National Association of Counties in 1996 awarded him one of the County Courthouse Awards as one of the best mediators in the nation.
In 2012, Dr. Lewis was a Special Honored Guest at the Democratic National Convention; he is an active member of the Dallas Friends of Public Education since 2009 and was elected and continues to serve as the Obama Precinct Chair (3057) 23rd Texas Senatorial District. He served as Chairman of The Judiciary Committee, N. E. Texas Conference AMEC from 2000 to 2007. Fred has been a member of the African American Pastors Coalition since 1996 and was elected Vice-President for Educational Affairs in 2002 and Political Action in 2007 through 2011 and is the current Parliamentarian. Dr. Lewis has served on the National & DFW Board of Directors for One Church One Child in Texas and Illinois; the Peoria Branch of the NAACP; Alpha Homes, Inc., and the Peoria Urban League. Politically active, Dr. Lewis served on the Legislative Committee of the Tenth Episcopal District AME Church 1n 1996; participated in the Million-Man March in Washington, D. C. in 1995; ran the statewide efforts to all religious denominations in the U. S. Senate Campaign for Carol Mosley Braun in 1986 and the statewide efforts outside of Cook County in the Campaign To Elect Roland Burris Illinois State Comptroller.
Dr. Lewis was Elected Trustee of Illinois Central College in 1978, the first time in Illinois history that an African American was elected to public office in a multi-county race. Illinois Governor Daniel Walker to the Governor’s Advisory Council on Education and Training in 1973 and Chairman of the Peoria Committee for Legislative Reform appointed Dr. Lewis. Fred was appointed by Illinois Governor Richard B. Ogelvie to the Governor’s Advisory Committee and served the local Peoria community as a member of the Police Community Relations Commission. He was appointed by Mayor Lenhausen to the Board of Directors of the Peoria Anti-Poverty Program and served on the Housing Committee of the City of Peoria Human Relations Commission.
DALLAS – The Reverend Doctor Frederick D. Lewis, Senior Associate Pastor of Smith Chapel A. M. E. Church in Dallas will serve the Texas State Senate as Pastor for a Day on May 14.
Dr. Lewis is an ordained elder in the African Methodist Episcopal Church Texas with 34 years ministerial experience and has been active in civic and social affairs since he was a teenager in 1960 and was a runner for his Precinct Captain during the election of President John F. Kennedy
Dr. Lewis holds several advanced certificates including but not limited to Harvard Law School, The National Judicial College and Southern Methodist University. He has earned degrees as a graduate of De Paul University, College of Law, Juris Doctorate; Trinity International Seminary, Master of Theological Studies; Illinois State University, Bachelor of Science; Illinois Central College Associate in Arts and Science; and holds an Honorary Doctorate of Laws from Monrovia College and Industrial Institute of the AME Church in Monrovia, Liberia, West Africa.
Dr. Lewis was honored in 1986 when Bishop Samuel Solomon Morris, bestowed the Honorary Degree of Laws on him upon the recommendation of his pastor, Dr. H. H. Walker, in recognition of his work in the Civil Rights Movement including work with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The Ward Chapel AME Church gave him the Martin Luther King Jr. Drum Major award that same year.
Dr. Lewis has served the community through participation in fraternal organizations including Alpha Phi Alpha (Life Member), Phi Alpha Delta (Law Fraternity), Phi Beta Lambda (Business Fraternity) and Prince Hall Mason and continues to serve the public today. The National Association of Counties in 1996 awarded him one of the County Courthouse Awards as one of the best mediators in the nation.
In 2012, Dr. Lewis was a Special Honored Guest at the Democratic National Convention; he is an active member of the Dallas Friends of Public Education since 2009 and was elected and continues to serve as the Obama Precinct Chair (3057) 23rd Texas Senatorial District. He served as Chairman of The Judiciary Committee, N. E. Texas Conference AMEC from 2000 to 2007. Fred has been a member of the African American Pastors Coalition since 1996 and was elected Vice-President for Educational Affairs in 2002 and Political Action in 2007 through 2011 and is the current Parliamentarian. Dr. Lewis has served on the National & DFW Board of Directors for One Church One Child in Texas and Illinois; the Peoria Branch of the NAACP; Alpha Homes, Inc., and the Peoria Urban League. Politically active, Dr. Lewis served on the Legislative Committee of the Tenth Episcopal District AME Church 1n 1996; participated in the Million-Man March in Washington, D. C. in 1995; ran the statewide efforts to all religious denominations in the U. S. Senate Campaign for Carol Mosley Braun in 1986 and the statewide efforts outside of Cook County in the Campaign To Elect Roland Burris Illinois State Comptroller.
Dr. Lewis was Elected Trustee of Illinois Central College in 1978, the first time in Illinois history that an African American was elected to public office in a multi-county race. Illinois Governor Daniel Walker to the Governor’s Advisory Council on Education and Training in 1973 and Chairman of the Peoria Committee for Legislative Reform appointed Dr. Lewis. Fred was appointed by Illinois Governor Richard B. Ogelvie to the Governor’s Advisory Committee and served the local Peoria community as a member of the Police Community Relations Commission. He was appointed by Mayor Lenhausen to the Board of Directors of the Peoria Anti-Poverty Program and served on the Housing Committee of the City of Peoria Human Relations Commission.
