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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.

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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

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