Early Life and Education
He was born in Arkansas City, Kansas, into a family of "ardent Democrats", Lewis was named for Franklin Delano Roosevelt, although his name is pronounced "Del-AYE-no". He is the only child of a Raymond Ernest Lewis, a porter for the Santa Fe Railroad, and Enna L. Lewis (née Wordlow), a homemaker.
Lewis attended Sumner High School, in Kansas City, Kansas, graduating in 1956. He attended Boys State in his junior and senior years of high school.
Lewis graduated from the University of Kansas, in Lawrence, Kansas, in 1960, where he was a classmate of Wilt Chamberlain. He earned a law degree from the Washburn University School of Law, in Topeka, Kansas, in 1963.
He worked full time at the Menninger Clinic while attending law school.
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