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 40 Collections and/or Records:

Lewis Collens retirement celebration, 2007

 Collection
Identifier: 024.10.04
Description of the Collection

Audio-visual materials documenting the May 22, 2007 IIT "Celebration of the Career of President Lew Collens and the Collens Scholarship Program." 10 digital Betacam cassettes, 2 CD-ROMs, 1 DVcam cassette.

Dates: 2007

Lohan Master Plan collection, 1996-2003

 Collection
Identifier: 037.02.10
Description of the Collection

Office files from Mies van der Rohe Society related to the Lohan Master Plan and related activities.

Dates: 1996-2003

McCormick Tribune Campus Center and State Street Village media coverage, 2003

 Collection
Identifier: 037.08.10
Description of the Collection Two videos of Chicago television media coverage of the opening of two new buildings on the campus of Illinois Institute of Technology, State Street Village (student housing/dormitory; architect Helmut Jahn) on July 22, 2003 and the McCormick Tribune Campus Center (architect Rem Koolhaas), Sept. 30, 2003 as follows: 1) State Street Village video includes: NBC 5 morning program with interview of Donna Robertson; ca. 3 min. ABC 7 5:00 p.m. news; ca. 1 min. WTTW 11 Chicago Tonight show with...
Dates: 2003

McCormick Tribune Campus Center Groundbreaking and IIT Challenge Grant tapes, 2000-2001

 Collection
Identifier: 037.08.22
Description of the Collection Audio and video tapes (unedited) recorded by Illinois Institute of Technology to document two events related to the university's renewal program. Ten of the tapes document events surrounding the March 9, 2000 ground breaking for the McCormick Tribune Campus Center including a video conference with representatives of the various architectural, engineering, university, and public entities who collaborated on the building, the official ground breaking ceremony, and the lunch reception which...
Dates: 2000-2001

Office of Communications and Marketing photographs, 1952-2002

 Collection
Identifier: 036.04.03
Description of the Collection

Photographs and audiovisual materials created by or collected by the Illinois Institute of Technology Office of Communications and Marketing. See 2006.031/Series 2 for A-V materials.

Dates: 1952-2002; Majority of material found within 1983-2002

Office of Public Relations records, 1991-2003

 Collection
Identifier: 036.03.10
Description of the Collection

Office files of Brenda Berman and possibly Jerry Long, staffers and writers in the Illinois Institute of Technology's Office of Communication and Marketing. The collection includes speeches by IIT President Lew Collens, scripts for commencement circa 1991-2003, writings on the Campus Master Plan, community relations, and other IIT initiatives.

Dates: 1991-2003; Majority of material found within 1995-1997

Staff picnic and White Sox collection, 2006

 Collection
Identifier: 039.01.76
Abstract

During his tenure, IIT President Lew Collens hosted a picnic for the university's faculty and staff each summer.

Dates: 2006

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

University Staff Meeting collection, 2001-2009

 Collection
Identifier: 024.10.09
Description of the Collection Bound booklets of slide images (printed in color from Adobe Acrobat format slides) shown at the annual meetings held for staff members of Illinois Institute of Technology at which President Lew Collens and senior university administrators presented an overview of campus activities for the past academic year and projects for the coming year. Identified alternately as University Staff Meeting and University Staff Update. See below for dates of meetings represented in the...
Dates: 2001-2009

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