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 54 Collections and/or Records:

Lewis Collens papers, 1998-2007

 Collection
Identifier: 024.10.02
Description of the Collection

Papers of Lewis ("Lew") Collens in his role as President of Illinois Institute of Technology.

Dates: 1998-2007; Majority of material found within 2006-2007

Lewis Collens photos, 1995

 Collection
Identifier: 024.10.05
Description of the Collection

Two 8" x 10" photographs. The first, in black and white, shows Collens at a sporting event holding a baseball, wearing a baseball cap, and posing with "Downtown Julie Brown" from MTV'S video jockey (MTV-VJ). The second, in color, shows Collens in an open field, hard hat in hand, standing next to a Komatsu crane/shovel.

Dates: 1995

Lewis Collens Presentations to Trustees, 1999-2010

 Collection
Identifier: 024.10.06
Description of the Collection Six ring binders of materials and one spiral bound document from IIT president Lewis Collens, including: 1) Trustee Institutional Planning Committee, December 9, 2005: Agenda and support material 2) Collens Powerpoint presentations, 1999 and earlier: CD-ROM disc and print-offs 3) Collens Powerpoint presentations, 2000: print-offs only 4) "2010 Plan" documents, ca. 2006 5) "2010 Planning Mission & Vision" 6) "2010 Planning" 7) "2010 Plan Progress Meeting, January 19, 2006: Agenda and...
Dates: 1999-2010

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

Lew's Chronological file, April 1993

 File — Box 28, Folder: 27
Content Description From the Collection:

Office files from two of IIT's presidents, Meyer Feldberg (1987-1989) and Lewis Collens (1990-2007). Contents fall into physical series such as correspondence (personal and corporate), fundraising, and events.

Dates: April 1993

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

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