Lewis Evangelidis | |
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Sheriff Worcester County, Massachusetts |
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Assumed office January 5, 2011 |
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Preceded by | Guy Glodis |
Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from the 1st Worcester district |
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In office January 2003 – January 5, 2011 |
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Preceded by | David C. Bunker |
Succeeded by | Kimberly Ferguson |
Personal details | |
Born |
Lewis George Evangelidis July 11, 1961 Worcester, Massachusetts |
Nationality | American |
Political party | Republican |
Spouse(s) | Mary Jude Pigsley |
Residence | Holden, Massachusetts |
Alma mater |
University of Massachusetts Amherst, B.S, 1983; Temple University School of Law. J.D., 1987 |
Profession | Attorney |
Website | lewevangelidis.org |
Lewis George Evangelidis (born on July 11, 1961) is the sheriff of Worcester County, Massachusetts. Prior to his being sheriff Evangelidis was a Republican member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives.
Evangelidis was born in a three-decker apartment in Worcester, Massachusetts to Judith C., and her husband George L. an attorney. Evangelidis is the first of three children. He has two sisters, Donna and Kim. Evangelidis was raised in Holden, Massachusetts where he attended the local public schools. Evangelidis graduated from Wachusett Regional High School, and then attended the University of Massachusetts Amherst where he received a BS in Economics in 1983. Evangelidis received his JD degree from Temple University School of Law in 1987.
After law school, Evangelidis married fellow Temple Law School Graduate, Mary Jude Pigsley.
After his graduation from University of Massachusetts Amherst, Evangelidis moved to Berkeley, California where he worked digging trenches at Lawrence Livermore Laboratories. After working in Berkeley, Evangelidis moved to Manhattan. While living in New York City Evangelidis worked as a Commodities broker in the World Trade Center.
After working in New York, Evangelidis attended Temple University School of Law. While he was a student at Temple University, Evangelidis worked in a precursor to the LEAP program. Evangelides would go into the public high schools of north Philadelphia and supplement classes by teaching constitutional law to the students.