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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 3 Collections and/or Records:

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
Found in: Paul V. Galvin Library. University Archives and Special Collections

Lewis Collens papers, 1997-2007

 Collection
Identifier: 024.10.08
Description of the Collection

Materials campus redesign, distinguished professor nominations, IIT's listing on the National Registry of Historic Places, and other miscellaenous topics from Collins' tenure as president of IIT. See file/item listing.

Dates: 1997-2007
Found in: Paul V. Galvin Library. University Archives and Special Collections

University Planning Team Campus Redevelopment Presentation collection, 2005

 Collection
Identifier: 037.02.09
Description of the Collection Slide presentation and accompanying written documentation (7 pages photocopied from "Background Briefing Book for Urban Land Institute" [created in March, 1995]) given to IIT Board of Trustees, Jan. 18, 1995, by team of architects who presented alternative schemes for redevelopment of the university's main campus. Slides (ct.=28) contain "talking point" text phrases and include some statistics. (Slides are not in original order.) The individuals responsible for this project are identified in...
Dates: 1995
Found in: Paul V. Galvin Library. University Archives and Special Collections

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