Paul G. Hewitt
American physicist
Paul Gordon Hewitt (born December 3, 1931) is an American physicist, author, and cartoonist.
Personal life
Born in Boston in 1931 to Scottish-Irish-American parents, Hewitt was raised in Saugus, Massachusetts. As a teenager, Hewitt was a competitive boxer, winning a silver medal at the New England Amateur Athletic Union championships. After high school, Hewitt worked in Boston as a silk screen printer, then moved to Miami, Florida to work as a sign painter. At age 22, Hewitt was drafted to the U.S. Army in 1953 and served in Colorado; he was discharged in 1955. Following his discharge from the Army, Hewitt stayed in Colorado and prospected uranium.
During a trip to Miami, a friend introduced Hewitt to one of his friends. The new friend expressed a belief that the U.S. needed more engineers and fewer lawyers; this meeting inspired Hewitt to pursue the study of physics.
Hewitt completed math prerequisites at Newman Preparatory School before transferring to Lowell Technological Institute and graduating from Lowell Tech in 1962 with a B.S. in physics and Utah State University in 1964 with an M.S. in physics.
He lives in St.
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