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PAMELA LEWIS Obituary

LEWIS--Pamela Leach. Pamela Louine Leach Lewis, 81, of New York City -- A brilliant light, trusted humanitarian, trailblazing attorney and mother to Christine and Nicole Lewis, peacefully passed away surrounded by family on October 31, 2025. "Born in Brooklyn and raised in Queens" she was the beloved daughter of Pearl and Gerald Leach, sister of Leslie Leach and devoted wife of the late Dr. Leslie Arthur Lewis (deceased April 14, 2024). A graduate of Hunter College High School, Wellesley College, Columbia Law School, NYU School of Law and the Sorbonne in Paris, France (Certificate in Law and Economics), Pamela served as Assoc. General Counsel at New York-Presbyterian Hospital, Corporate Counsel at Milbank, Tweed, Hadley, and McCloy, American Express Co., The NYSE, and Con Edison. In public and nonprofit leadership, she served as Trustee of Wellesley College, Board Member of The FederaEon of Protestant Welfare Agencies, Inc. and The United Way of NYC, as well as Governor Appointed Founding Trustee of the Interest on Lawyer Account Fund. Services were held Saturday, November 8, 2025 at Forest Park Funeral Home. Interment Ceremony to come. Condolence correspondence contact 718-263- 0800 or PamHeals@gmail. com. In lieu of flowers, donations accepted to Wellesley College. Online: https://www.wellesley.edu/ give: *Designation -- "other": the Pearl L. Leach Financial Aid Fund. Checks by mail: 106 Central St., Wellesley, MA 02481 *Memo: The Pearl L Leach Financial Aid Fund in honor of Pamela Leach Lewis.

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Published by New York Times on Nov. 9, 2025.

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Judith M Katz

November 8, 2025

Please accept my deepest sympathy on the loss of dear Pamela. She was a Wellesley College classmate, an absolutely lovely person and a guiding light. In my tradition, we say, "May her memory be a blessing." In Pam's case, this will be true many times over.

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