same day in South Philly!” His dad was a teen angel. “My parents met at a young age. They both married at 16, but then my father was killed in a car accident shortly after. I had male role models that filled some of the void of not having a father.” They included his uncle, Tom McGarrigle, a highly cited Assistant DA, and attorney Steve Kaplove, whom he met at Little League Baseball. Both had points of view Lewandowski found appealing. “My uncle told me he helps people by going after bad guys and prosecuting them,” he said. “And Kaplove always had time for his sons and daughter and could be there for the family. I liked the prosecutorial slant, to help people stay safe and the flexibility of time.” Lewandowski is qualified to run for judge be-
The South Philadelphia Public Record • March 28, 2013
by Maria Merlino Henry Lewandowski III Esq. is a judicial candidate running for Municipal Court. His ballot number is in the top three and he was just endorsed by Democratic City Committee. But he has a bit of a dilemma. “Nobody ever calls me Henry. Everybody knows me as ‘Hetsi’. It was my grandfather’s and then my father’s nickname.” Trying to find the origin for the name Hetsi has been a challenge for Lewandowski. “We’ve checked with the Second Street Polish Society and it’s not a Polish name. But I can tell you my wife Michelle and I named our son Colin, so I’ll be the last Hetsi in the family.” Lewandowski also remembers the exact date of his wedding anniversary. “It was May 22, 1999, he divulges. “On that day, I graduated law school in Carlisle, Pa. and then got married that
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Meet Henry ‘Hetsi’ Lewandowski
BuUSINESS AGENT for IBEW Local 98, Brian Stevenson, spokesman Frank Keel and judicial candidate Henry “Hetsi” Lewandowski at Pirates NYA hall for a fundraiser. Photo by Maria Merlino cause of his arbitration skills, his extensive community involvement, his
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