What is Delano Lewis?
{{Infobox officeholder | name = Delano Lewis | image = Delano_lewis.JPG | imagesize = 92px | order1 = [[United States Ambassador to South Africa]] | term_start1 = January 21, 2000 | term_end1 = June 22, 2001 | president1 = [[Bill Clinton]]<br>[[George W. Bush]] | predecessor1 = [[James A. Joseph]] | successor1 = [[Cameron Hume]] | birth_name = Delano Eugene Lewis | birth_date = {{birth date|1938|11|12}} | birth_place = [[Arkansas City, Kansas]], U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|2023|8|2|1938|11|12}} | death_place = [[Las Cruces, New Mexico]], U.S. | party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] | alma_mater = [[University of Kansas]]<br />[[Washburn University School of Law|Washburn University]] | spouse = {{marriage|Gayle Carolyn Jones|1960}} | children = 4; including [[Phill Lewis]] }} '''Delano Eugene Lewis''' (November 12, 1938 &ndash; August 2, 2023)<ref name=who>{{cite book |title= Who's Who in America – 2007 |year=2006 |edition=61 |title-link=Who's Who in America }}</ref><ref name=papers>{{cite web |title=Delano E. Lewis Papers, 1960&ndash;1997 |url=http://etext.ku.edu/view?docId=ksrlead/ksrl.kc.lewisdelanoe.xml;route=ksrlead;brand=ksrlead;query= |publisher=[[University of Kansas]] |access-date=May 20, 2009 |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304054503/http://etext.ku.edu/view?docId=ksrlead%2Fksrl.kc.lewisdelanoe.xml%3Broute%3Dksrlead%3Bbrand%3Dksrlead%3Bquery%3D |url-status=dead }}</ref> was an American attorney, businessman, and diplomat. He was the [[United States Ambassador to South Africa]] from 2000 to 2001 during the [[Bill Clinton]] and [[George W. Bush]] presidencies. He had roles at the [[Peace Corps]] and [[National Public Radio]]. He was the father of actor [[Phill Lewis]]. ==Life== Lewis was born in [[Arkansas City, Kansas]].<ref name=papers/><ref name=transform>{{cite news |title=Delano E. Lewis: Seeking to Transform National Public Radio |author=Peabody, Alvin | work =[[The Washi