Dennis Lewis was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He studied philosophy at the University of Wisconsin and received a degree in philosophy/religion from San Francisco State University in 1967. He has worked as an art gallery director, computer programmer/analyst, book editor, and public relations executive. He formed his own PR agency, called Hi-Tech Public Relations, with a partner in 1981. They sold the agency to a large English firm in 1988, and Lewis left the agency two years later. The agency had grown to 45 people.

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