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Nov 24, 2013 · Peter Lewis, the chairman of Progressive Insurance who spent millions supporting the arts and trying to get marijuana legalized, died at his home on Saturday afternoon at age 80.
Nov 25, 2013 · Peter Lewis, the longtime head of Progressive Corp., ... But it wasn’t until I had serious medical problems that I realized how important marijuana could be," Lewis wrote in Forbes in 2011 ...
Dec 8, 2013 · Peter Lewis’s donations supported universities, gay rights, and the legalization of marijuana. Age at death: 80. Major philanthropic role: Peter Lewis donated more than $582-million, mostly to the arts, education, and liberal causes. Last year he signed the Giving Pledge, promising to donate at least half of his wealth to charitable causes.
Nov 24, 2013 · Lewis helped bankroll marijuana-related causes in Ohio, Washington and Massachusetts. In a 2011 interview with Forbes Magazine, Lewis said he first tried marijuana at age 39.
Nov 29, 2013 · COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — With the death of Cleveland billionaire and philanthropist Peter B. Lewis, the push for relaxed U.S. marijuana laws lost its most generous supporter. That's left supporters wondering what comes next. Lewis, chairman of Progressive Insurance, died Saturday at age 80. Since the 1980s, he had donated an estimated $40 million to $60 million to marijuana law reform ...
Peter Benjamin Lewis (November 11, 1933 – November 23, 2013) was an American businessman who was the chairman of Progressive Insurance Company. Early life and education [ edit ] Lewis was raised in a Jewish [1] [2] family in Cleveland Heights , Ohio, [3] the oldest of four children born to Helen and Joseph Lewis.
