Early Life and Career
Lewis was born and grew up in Walnut Grove, Mississippi. He is a graduate of Georgia State University, where he earned a bachelor of arts degree in finance from J. Mack Robinson College of Business.
He joined NCNB as a credit analyst in 1969, and served as the head of both international and domestic operations when it became NationsBank, which would eventually become Bank of America.
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