Collens, Lewis M.
Biography
Lewis "Lew" Collens was president of Illinois Institute of Technology from 1990 to 2007. He holds degrees in accounting (B.S., U. of Illinois), philosophy (M.A., U. of Illinois) and Law (J.D., U. of Chicago). He joined IIT's Chicago-Kent College of law as Professor of Law in 1970 (teaching corporate and securities law), and was serving as a Law and Humanities Fellow at Harvard Law School when he was named Dean of Chicago-Kent in 1974. Before joining Chicago-Kent he practiced law in Chicago and Washington, D.C., was Controller of Robeson's department store in Champaign, Ill., and was Co-founder and Chairman of BAR/BRI Educational Publishing Co.
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Campus photographic slides, 1991-2001
35 mm color slides with images, usually multiple view of each, with images of campus scenes.
College of Architecture Miscellaneous reports and memos, 1994-1999
Commencement videos, 2000-2006
Galvin Library David Dowell and Sohair Elbaz Wastawy administration records, 1973-2002
1) Materials sent to the library's director (David Dowell) from or about Thomas Martin as President, 1978-1987. 2) Materials sent to the library's director (David Dowell) from or about Meyer Feldberg as President-Elect and President, 1986-1989. 3) Materials sent to the library's director (Sohair Elbaz) from or about Lewis Collens as President, 1990-1992. 4) "Financial History of IIT From 1973-1974 Through 1983-1984" being a 14-page typed report with narrative, charts, and graphs.
Gene Summers papers, 1990-2001
i-street magazine
Three issues of i-street, the January issues for 2001, 2002, and 2003, which include lists of Chicago's "top 100 people." Illinois Institute of Technology people included are as follows: 2001 David Baker (pg. 14), 2002 Lew Collens (pg 9), and Patrick Whitney (pg. 14), 2003 David Baker (pg. 8).
IIT President's Reports, 1939-2020
Illinois Institute of Technology: Progress in Mind
James Watson lecture, 1999
Unedited color video (65 minutes) of James Watson's lecture, "From the Double Helix to the Human Genome Project," given at Illinois Institute of Technology on April 15, 1999 recounting his discovery of DNA structure and later scientific research activities. Introductions by Lori Andrews and Lew Collens include biographical information on Watson.
(Lew) Collens Scholarship program, 2007
Material related to the Lew Collens Scholarship Program, currently a program from a celebration of the career of President Lew Collens and the Collens Scholarship Program, 2007
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