Alan E. Lewis, mai shekaru 74, shugaban Kamfanin Grand Circle Corporation, ya mutu ba zato ba tsammani a gidan danginsa da ke Kensington, New Hampshire, a ranar 2 ga Nuwamba, 2022. Ya bar dangi na kud da kud, tafiye-tafiye mai nasara da kasuwancin saka hannun jari, da zurfafan kasuwanci da ci gaba da sadaukar da kai don taimakawa canza rayuwar mutane da ceton duniyar da muke rabawa.
Iyalin Grand Circle, wanda ya kai fiye da ƙasashe 30 da abokan hulɗa 2,500, jagorori, ma'aikatan jirgin ruwa da ma'aikata, suna ba da tausayi ga matar Alan, Harriet; 'ya'yansa biyu, Edward da Charlotte; matansu, da jikokinsa guda uku. Grand Circle yana ba Alan Lewis matuƙar godiyarsa don jajircewarsa da jajircewarsa da karimcinsa.
Harriet Lewis za ta yi aiki a matsayin Shugabar Grand Circle Corporation, tare da Edward Lewis, mataimakin shugaba; da Charlotte Lewis, mataimakin kujera. Duk ukun za su ci gaba da kasancewa a cikin kwamitin masu ba da shawara na kamfanin. A cewar Edward da Charlotte, “A matsayinmu na iyali, mun himmatu wajen ciyar da sana’ar gaba tare da irin sha’awar da dabi’un da Babanmu ya cusa a cikinmu duka. Mu duka biyun, tare da jiga-jigan tsofaffin shugabannin kamfanin, mun koya daga mafi kyawu."
Brian FitzGerald zai ci gaba da aiki a matsayin babban jami'in gudanarwa na Grand Circle da danginsa na samfuran balaguron balaguro, Balaguron Balaguro na Ƙasashen waje, Balaguro na Grand Circle, da Grand Circle Cruise Line. Christopher Zigmont zai ci gaba da aiki a matsayin babban jami'in kudi da kwangila, ayyukan iska da ayyukan jiragen ruwa. Andrew Tullis zai yi aiki a matsayin mataimakin shugaban zartarwa, tsare-tsaren dabaru da haɓaka samfura.
“Alan ya fi rayuwa girma. Sha'awar tafiye-tafiye ta kasance daidai da sha'awar ci gaban shugabanni, "in ji FitzGerald. “Ƙungiyar shugabancinmu tana da ƙarfi—tare Chris, da Andrew mun yi aiki tare da Alan fiye da shekaru 55. Za mu ci gaba da girmama Alan ta hanyar inganta hangen nesa don taimakawa canza rayuwar mutane ta hanyar balaguron kasa da kasa, kasada da ganowa. Muna da kwarin gwiwa sosai a cikin kwanciyar hankali na kuɗi da kuma makomar Grand Circle kuma za mu ci gaba da ba da ƙwarewar balaguron balaguro zuwa tushen abokan cinikinmu masu aminci. ”
A matsayinsa na Shugaban Kamfanin Grand Circle Corporation, Alan Lewis ya tsara hangen nesa da alkiblar kamfanin, wanda ya kware a balaguron binciken kasa da kasa na Amurkawa masu shekaru 50 da haihuwa. Wannan hangen nesa ya canza Grand Circle daga wani kamfanin tafiya na dala miliyan 23 wanda ke asarar dala miliyan 2 a shekara lokacin da shi da Harriet suka sami shi a cikin 1985 zuwa cikin sauri mai sauri, kasuwancin duniya tare da ƙungiyoyin balaguro uku da babban tallace-tallace a yau na dala miliyan 600. Isar da kamfanin ya faɗaɗa daga ofishi ɗaya a Boston—yanzu hedkwatarsa ta duniya—zuwa ofisoshin 36 a duniya.
A cikin 1992, Lewises sun kafa Gidauniyar Grand Circle Foundation mai zaman kanta don tallafawa al'ummomin da Grand Circle ke aiki da tafiye-tafiye, gami da wasu ayyukan jin kai, al'adu da ilimi 500 a duk duniya - daga cikinsu, makarantu 100, a cikin ƙasashe 50. Gidauniyar wata ƙungiya ce ta Gidauniyar Alnoba Lewis Family Foundation, wacce ta yi alƙawarin ko ba da gudummawar fiye da dala miliyan 250 tun daga 1981.
Ana iya ba da gudummawa zuwa Asusun Alan E. Lewis a Gidauniyar Grand Circle don tallafawa ayyuka na musamman don kare ƙasa da ƴan asalin ƙasar.
