Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-29
CATHEDRAL STAFF
ADDS THREE MEN
Edward S. Dunlap, Edwin N.
| Lewis and Rev. Roberta.
Lewis Appointed.

The staff of the Washington Cathe'
dral has been enlarged recently
through three appointments, accord
ing TO announcement by Very Rev
G. c. L. Bratenahl, dean OF the
cathedral, in behalf Of Right Rev.
James Z. Freeman, Bishop Of WASH
inEton.
The appointments are: Rev. EdS
ward Slater Dunlap, newly appointed
canon of the cathedral, as field secre-
tary of the National Cathedral Assoc
citation: Rev Robert Lee Lewis, cura-
tor of Washington Cathedral, and Ed
win n. Lewis as executive secretary
of the National Cathedral Foundation
and editor of the Cathedral Age.
Canon Dunlap i'm Texas.
Canon Dunlap is in Texas, where he
has begun a tour which will include
many States, to express the thanks
and appreciation of the Bishop OF
Washington, the dean and chapter OF
the cathedral for the interest of com
mittees and members of the National
cathedral Association. Canon Dunlap
for more than 90 years was one Of
the clergy of st. Johns Church, La
fayette Square. A graduate of st.
Stephens College, the University of
New York and the General Theologi'
cal Seminary of New York City, he
has rendered service as q cathedral
lecturer and member of its council,
and has been instructor Of sacred
studies at st. Adams School for Boys
In Washington Cathedral Close.
The building of the Curator'S office,
where the thousands Of cathedral pill
Erims may be welcomed and furnished
with such definite information on the
project as they may require, has
broadened the scope of that service.
Rev. Mr.. Lewis had training in So
cial contacts in advertising pursuits
before beginning his ministerial ca.
reer. He is we'll known to the diocese
Of Washington, where for four years
before joining the cathedral staff he
was rector of St. Johns Church,
Beltsville, Md. A new parish hall and
other innovations attest to his pastor
ate there.
A member of the we'll known Merri-
wether Lewis family of Virginia he
received his education at the West
Texas Military Academy, the Univer.
sity of Virginia and the. Virginia
Theological Seminary.
Advertising Manager of Railroad.
Before entering the ministry he was
advertising manager of the southern
division of the Santa Fe Railroad and
field secretary and sales manager for
the S. A. Mullikan Co. of Marietta,
Ohio. Upon his ordination Mr.. Lewis
was general missionary of southern
Idaho, and three years later became
assistant to Right Rev. f. A. Julian,
then rector of Christ Church OF
0reenville, S. c., now Bishop of
Florida. He is a member Of the Ma
t.. Fx~,S 81 h.
Rotary Club, Beta Theta Pi and
other fraternities.
Trained in modern business methods
as we'll as in newspaper work. Edwin
Newell Lewis has resumed his posi-
ton as executive secretary of the Ma
tional Cathedral Foundation after a
years absence in New York City. A
native of Connecticut, Mr. Lewis re-
ceived his technical education at the
School of Journalism on the Pulitzer
Foundation of Columbia University,
where he received B. L. degree in
journalism in 1915. His first
active newspaper work was on the
New Britain, Conn, Herald. After
having Columbia he became a re-
porter. general correspondent and
finally assistant city editor of the New
York Tribune. He was the Tribune
correspondent with Theodore Roose-
Welt in 1916 when the former Presi-
dent travelled about the country
speaking for the Hughes campaign.
AT Americas entrance into the war
Mr.. Lewis volunteered and was &C.
cepted for theh first Plattsburg train
ing camp. Commissioned a second
lieutenant of Infantry, he was in the.
service for two years, one in the A. f.
r., where he served with the 308th In
fantry of the nth Division in the
battalion commanded by the late Col.
Charles w. Whittlesley, one of his
closest comrades. He was promoted
In the field to captain and adjutant
OF his regiment and is now a ma jor
In the Infantry section of the United
States Army Reserve Corps. He was
cited III general orders for gallantry
under fire during an engagement on
the River Fesle, where he helped
carry wounded man TO shelter.
Active Episcopal Church Worker.
After the war Mr.. Lewis returned to
New York. where he engaged in gen
efal publicity work, and in 1922 be-
came a member of the personnel de.
paTtment of the Western Electric Co.
of the Bell Telephone system. He re-
signed in 1924 to become associated
With the cathedral undertaking on
Mount Saint Alban He became ex-
ecutive secretary of the National
Cathedral Foundation and theh Ma
taonal Cathedral Association January
I, and win continue TO be editor of the
Cathedral Age, the official quarterly
published here.
Mr.. Lewis 10 a member Of and &C.
lively interested in the affairs of the
Episcopal Church. He is a former
trustee and member of the city club
OF New York, a member of thhe Delta
TAU Delta fraternity and belongs to
the NatinpaI BRASS CI,rh