U-Alan E. Lewis, 74, ongusihlalo weGrand Circle Corporation, ushone kungazelelwe ekhaya lomndeni wakhe e-Kensington, eNew Hampshire, ngoNovemba 2, 2022. Ushiya umndeni osondelene, amabhizinisi ayimpumelelo ohambo kanye nokutshalwa kwezindlu nezindlu, kanye nokujula. nokuzibophezela okuqhubekayo kokusiza umphakathi ukusiza ukuguqula izimpilo zabantu nokusindisa umhlaba esiwabelana nawo.
Umndeni wakwaGrand Circle, ofinyelela emazweni angaphezu kwama-30 kanye nabalingani abangu-2,500, abaqondisi, abasebenzi bemikhumbi nabasebenzi, unikeza uzwela olusuka enhliziyweni kumka-Alan, u-Harriet; izingane zakhe ezimbili, u-Edward noCharlotte; abashade nabo, nabazukulu bakhe abathathu. IGrand Circle inika u-Alan Lewis ukubonga okukhulu ngobuholi bakhe obunesibindi kanye nokupha kwakhe okumangalisayo.
U-Harriet Lewis uzosebenza njengoSihlalo weGrand Circle Corporation, no-Edward Lewis, isekela likasihlalo; kanye no-Charlotte Lewis, iphini likasihlalo. Bobathathu bazoqhubeka ebhodini labeluleki benkampani. Ngokuka-Edward no-Charlotte, “Njengomndeni, sizibophezele ekuqhubekiseni ibhizinisi phambili ngentshiseko namagugu afanayo uBaba wethu awafaka kithi sonke. Sobabili, kanye nethimba labaholi abangomakadebona enkampanini, sifunde kwabahamba phambili.”
UBrian FitzGerald uzoqhubeka nokusebenza njengesikhulu esiphezulu seGrand Circle nomndeni wayo wemikhiqizo yezokuvakasha, Overseas Adventure Travel, Grand Circle Travel, kanye neGrand Circle Cruise Line. UChristopher Zigmont uzoqhubeka nokusebenza njengesikhulu esiphezulu sezezimali kanye nezinkontileka, ukusebenza kwezindiza kanye nokusebenza kwemikhumbi. U-Andrew Tullis uzosebenza njengephini likamongameli omkhulu, ukuhlela amasu kanye nokuthuthukiswa komkhiqizo.
“U-Alan wayemkhulu kunokuphila. Uthando lwakhe lokuhamba lulingana nothando lwakhe lokuthuthukisa abaholi,” kusho uFitzGerald. “Ithimba lethu lobuholi liqinile—sonke uChris, Andrew kanye nami sisebenze no-Alan iminyaka engaphezu kuka-55. Sizoqhubeka nokuhlonipha u-Alan ngokuthuthukisa umbono wakhe wokusiza ukuguqula izimpilo zabantu ngohambo lwamazwe ngamazwe, uhambo nokuvumbulula. Sizethemba kakhulu ekuzinzeni kwezezimali nekusasa le-Grand Circle futhi sizoqhubeka nokuhlinzeka ngolwazi lokuhamba olukhethekile kumakhasimende ethu athembekile.”
NjengoSihlalo we-Grand Circle Corporation, u-Alan Lewis wakha umbono nesiqondiso senkampani, egxile ohambweni lokutholwa kwamanye amazwe lwabantu baseMelika abaneminyaka engu-50 nangaphezulu. Lowo mbono waguqula i-Grand Circle yasuka enkampanini yezokuvakasha eyizigidi ezingama- $23 eyayilahlekelwa amaRandi ayizigidi ezimbili ngonyaka ngenkathi yena no-Harriet beyithola ngo-2 yaba ibhizinisi elisheshayo, elisemhlabeni wonke elinezinkampani ezintathu zokuhamba kanye nokuthengiswa okuphelele namuhla kwezigidi ezingu-1985 zamaRandi. Ukufinyelela kwenkampani kuye kwanda kusukela ehhovisi elilodwa eBoston—manje eyikomkhulu layo emhlabeni wonke—kuya emahhovisi angu-600 emhlabeni wonke.
Ngo-1992, abakwaLewises basungula i-Grand Circle Foundation engenzi nzuzo ukuze kusekelwe imiphakathi lapho i-Grand Circle isebenza futhi ihambela khona, okuhlanganisa nemizamo yokusiza abantu, amasiko nemfundo engaba ngu-500 emhlabeni wonke—phakathi kwayo, izikole eziyi-100, emazweni angama-50. I-Foundation iyinhlangano ye-Alnoba Lewis Family Foundation, eye yathembisa noma yanikela ngemali engaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-250 zamaRandi kusukela ngo-1981.
Iminikelo ingase yenziwe ku-Alan E. Lewis Fund eGrand Circle Foundation ukuze kusekelwe amaphrojekthi akhethekile okuvikela umhlaba kanye Nabantu Bomdabu.
