OBITUARY - Peter Lewis; Was Executive in Color-Pigment Industry
FORT LEE, NJ - Peter Lewis, director of Communications and Environmental Affairs with Sun Chemical Corp.'s Colors Group, died suddenly April 28 after suffering a heart attack. He was 55.
Dr. Lewis, who was born in Blackpool, UK, held a number of key technical and management positions with Sun Chemical's Colors Group during a more than 20-year career with the business. He joined Sun Chemical in 1980 as Product manager for Quinacridone Pigments and was named Technical Service manager in 1981, Dry Color Product manager in 1986, and Coatings Industry manager in 1989. He had previously held technical and manufacturing positions with ICI (now Avecia) in the UK and the United States. Sun Chemical's Colors Group is a major supplier of color pigments used in coatings.