Tom Lewis
Carmella Polisano (Lewis)

Their Story

The following is written by Gerry Wilkinson.

About 7:30 on a Tuesday evening, September 15, 1998, Gerry Wilkinson talked to Carmella Lewis, who was known to WRTI people as Carmella Polisano. She and her husband, Tom Lewis were graduated from the School of Business with Bachelor of Science degrees in Journalism in June of 1962. Both were only minimally involved with WRTI. They now live in Springfield, PA. For several years, Carmella worked with Jack Steck at WFIL. After awhile, Jackie Steck called her and asked if she would like to teach a night course at Temple. She accepted and loved teaching so much, she decided to go into it full time.

While they both "J" majors, they know several of the old WRTI gang, including Norm Childs, and they have such warm memories of Thomas Hall. She told me how they went to college with Bill Cosby and how he would try out he jokes on them. After awhile, Bill got a job doing stand-up comedy nearby. Everybody went down to see him and wish him well.