Kevin Newquist '78 and Jacqueline (Samuelson) Newquist '79
Somewhere in between classes and campus activities, Jacquie, '79, and Kevin Newquist ’78, found each other. Kevin, a sophomore Elementary Education major, and Jacquie, a freshman Nursing major, began the rest of their lives together on the Lewis University campus.
Since their days of attending campus concerts in the gymnasium for the likes of Melissa Manchester, Heart and Dave Mason, and KISS – yes, that KISS, at the start of their musical career - they have maintained close friendships with many of their college friends and continue to give back to the school that brought them together.
“Lewis is important to us. It’s where we met and fell in love,” says Kevin. “There are a lot of great memories of the campus and all of our very close friends happen to be from Lewis. We like what the university stands for. We want to continue giving students the opportunity to get from it what we did when we were here.”
From annual gatherings with old friends to alumni events on and off campus, the Newquist family values the education, experience, and life-long relationships from their college days.
“Lewis gave us the start of this incredible foundation that pretty much encompasses our family, our close friends, and the careers that we have built. Lewis is more than a school; it’s a family.”
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