Lewis Marshall Helm

Lewis Marshall Helm was born in Riverdale, MD in 1931 as the youngest child of William Pickett Helm and Selma Snyder Helm. He survived his wife of 49 years of marriage, Alice Kupferman. General Helm served in the U.S. Army Reserves over 29 years. He graduated from the Army War College in 1977 and later served as Executive Director of the Senior Army Reserves Commanders Association. Lewis Helm started his career as a newspaper reporter for Wichita Kansas Eagle and subsequent positions included press assistant for the Republican National Committee, Assistant to Secretary of U.S. Department of Interior in 1969 and Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs for then Health, Education and Welfare (HEW) Agency, President of Capital Counselors from 1976 to 1986 and as a Commissioner and Chairman of The Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission. Marshall Helm was a co-author of Informing the People: A Public Affairs Handbook and author of Black Horse Cavalry Defending our Beloved Country. General Helm obtained his Master’s Degree from American University and taught at George Washington University, Catholic University, Maryland University, John Hopkins University and Montgomery College. He was a member of the Society of Cincinnati Virginia Chapter and wrote multiple historic research articles for local historical groups.

General Helm was proud of his family’s heritage and did genealogy research to provide historical perspective to his family’s American roots. Surviving him is one sister, Selma Leader, nephews, Jay Phillips, Mark Leader and Alan Leader, and nieces Gail Fehlner, Margaret Atkins, Caroline Godwin, Melissa Helm, Cathy Clime, Maureen Green and Debbie Wheeler-Kinch along with multiple great nieces and nephews. Interment on Tuesday, October 13 at 11 AM at the Warrenton Cemetery.