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Lewis Collens has served as president of Illinois Institute of Technology since 1990.
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. He currently serves as a director of Dean Foods Company, AMSTED Industries, Alion Science and Technology Corp. and The Colson Group, Inc. He has been very active in civic and professional activities, including service as a member of the Advisory Committee of The Partnership for New Communities; President, Leadership Greater Chicago; Director, The Economic Club of Chicago; Chairman, Association of Independent Technological Universities; Director, National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities; Trustee, The Latin School of Chicago, and a member of the Mayors Council of Technology Advisors. He is a life long Chicagoan where he lives with his wife Marge. They have one son, Steven. February 2005 |