John Lewis

To Camila Loyola: Welcome to your first year at Chapman University where you are surely the only student who was born in the Galapagos Islands of Ecuador. You are a shining example of the character attribute described below. Best wishes for an awesome semester even if it must be online only. Gran abrazo, John Lewis, your “adopted” grandfather.

“Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.” Calvin Coolidge: 30th U.S. president, 1872-1933.