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Collens, Lewis M.

 Person

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.

Found in 26 Collections and/or Records:

Campus photographic slides, 1991-2001

 Collection
Identifier: 039.01.59
Description of the Collection

35 mm color slides with images, usually multiple view of each, with images of campus scenes.

Dates: 1991-2001

College of Architecture Miscellaneous reports and memos, 1994-1999

 Collection
Identifier: 006.01.04
Description of the Collection 1) E-mail to Faculty and Staff from Jack Hartray, detailing promotions of Mary Ann Green, Sheila Walker, and Bernadette Ivers. 2) Copy of "Review of the Graduate Programs in the College of Architecture at Illinois Institute of Technology," April 20, 1999. Also present are the following three-ring binders: Three-ring binders: 1) Highlights, College of Architecture, 1989-1991 by Gene R. Summers, Dean. The report incorporates Summer's article Toward the Education of an Architect, originally...
Dates: 1994-1999

Commencement video tapes, 1999-2007

 Collection
Identifier: 016.02.08
Description of the Collection Videotapes containing recordings of IIT commencement ceremonies. Generally, the color and sound video includes the following: entrance procession, National Anthem (frequently sung by Terry Shapiro), greetings and remarks by President Lew Collens, presentation of guests to receive honorary degrees and their remarks (commencement address), one or more student speakers, presentation and hooding of graduate candidates, awarding of degrees to graduates and undergraduates, presentation of Alumni...
Dates: 1999-2007

Galvin Library David Dowell and Sohair Elbaz Wastawy administration records, 1973-2002

 Collection
Identifier: 025.04.17
Description of the Collection

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.

Dates: 1973-1992

Gene Summers papers, 1990-2001

 Collection
Identifier: 006.06.34
Description of the Collection Papers from Gene R. Summers, Dean of College of Architecture. The materials are mostly photocopies. The collection includes correspondence to Lew Collens, president of IIT, regarding a living architecture museum at IIT. Also included, are excerpts from "A History of Armour Institute" by James Clinton Peebles (1890) regarding the architecture curriculum, and writings on Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and the architecture department. The collection includes a handwritten draft of this...
Dates: 1990-2001

i-street magazine

 Collection
Identifier: 036.02.11
Description of the Collection

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).

Dates: 2001-2003

IIT President's Reports, 1939-2020

 Collection
Identifier: 024.02.02
Description of the Collection Annual reports on the state of the University; include information on trustees, faculty, awards, finances, academic programs, and campus activities, particularly development of campus facilities and buildings in the 1950s and 1960s. Reports normally include information on Institute of Gas and Armour Research Foundation activities. Some later years are combined with the annual report of IITRI. Beginning 1940, reports prior to 1940 will be found with Armour Institute of Technology and Lewis...
Dates: 1939- 2020

Illinois Institute of Technology: Progress in Mind

 Collection
Identifier: 039.01.18
Description of the Collection Eleven minute promotional video entitled "Illinois Institute of Technology: Progress in Mind." Promotional videotape produced by Rich Goodman Productions, probably for IIT's office of Public Information or Admissions. Overview of major IIT programs for prospective students and trustee orientation. Includes Lew Collens, Center for Excellence in Polymer Science, Professor Henry Linden, Robert A. Pritzker, Professor Vivian Weil, Director IIT Ethics Center, Leonard McGee, President GAP Community...
Dates: 1990

James Watson lecture, 1999

 Collection
Identifier: 036.05.03
Description of the Collection

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.

Dates: 1999

(Lew) Collens Scholarship program, 2007

 Collection
Identifier: 026.02.08
Description of the Collection

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

Dates: 2007

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Audio-visual materials 4
Awards 3
Campus planning 3
Video recordings 3
Architecture--Designs and plans 2

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