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Collens, Lewis M.

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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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College of Architecture Miscellaneous reports and memos, 1994-1999

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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

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