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Lewis Morton Collens

President of Illinois Institute of Technology
In office 1 June 1990 – 1 August 2007
Preceded by	Henry R. Linden
Succeeded by	John L. Anderson

Personal details
Born	c. 1938
Spouse	Marjorie
Children	Steven, son.

Lewis Morton Collens served as president of the Illinois Institute of Technology from June 1, 1990, to August 1, 2007. Prior to that, he served as dean of the Chicago-Kent College of Law from 1974 until 1990. During his tenure as Law School dean, he was credited with elevating Chicago-Kent from "not a highly regarded law school" to the point where it was named "foremost 'up and coming law school' by US News & World Report" at the time of his departure.

In addition to his position as IIT's president, Collens serves as a director of Dean Foods Company, AMSTED Industries, Alion Science and Technology Corp. and The Colson Group, Inc. Collens has also served in various leadership roles for The Partnership for New Communities, Leadership Greater Chicago, The Economic Club of Chicago, Association of Independent Technological Universities, National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities, The Latin School of Chicago, and the Mayors Council of Technology Advisors.

Collens graduated from the University of Chicago Law School in 1966.

He and his wife Marjorie, former Evanston alderman and community volunteer, were married in 1962. They had one son, Steven, CEO of healthcare technology incubator Matter. Marjorie died December 10, 2015.

References

Torriero, EA; Jodi S Cohen (3 May 2007). "Case Western provost named IIT chief ; Chemical engineer is its 8th president". Chicago Tribune. pp. 4–. Archived from the original on June 29, 2011. Retrieved 20 February 2011.
"Lew Collens - Senior Advisor". Charles E. Dobrusin & Associates, Ltd.
^ "Lewis Collens, '66: Academic Entrepreneur Revitalized Higher Education in Chicago | University of Chicago Law School". www.law.uchicago.edu. 14 October 2016.
"Marjorie Collens, former Evanston alderman, dies at 76". Chicago Tribune. 21 December 2015.

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Academic offices
Preceded byHenry R. Linden	President of the Illinois Institute of Technology 1990–2007	Succeeded byJohn L. Anderson

v t e Illinois Institute of Technology
Academic programs and institutes	Center for Sustainable Enterprise Chicago-Kent College of Law (Oyez Project) Gas Technology Institute IIT Institute of Design IIT Physics Department IIT Research Institute IIT Stuart School of Business Institute for Food Safety and Health Institute on Biotechnology and the Human Future VanderCook College of Music
Buildings	Academic Campus Carman Hall S. R. Crown Hall McCormick Tribune Campus Center Rice Campus State Street Village
People	Alumni Faculty
Presidents	Frank W. Gunsaulus (1892–1921) Howard M. Raymond (1922–1932) Willard E. Hotchkiss (1933–1937) George N. Carman (1896–1936) Dugald C. Jackson Jr (1936–1938) Fred A. Rogers (1938–1940) Clarence L. Clarke (1938–1940) Henry Townley Heald (1937–1952) John T. Rettaliata (1952–1973) Maynard P. Venema (1973–1974) Thomas Lyle Martin Jr. (1974–1987) Meyer Feldberg (1987–1989) Henry R. Linden (1989–1990) Lewis Collens (1990–2007) John L. Anderson (2007–2015) Alan W. Cramb (2015–2021) Raj Echambadi (2021–present)
Student life	Pi Nu Epsilon Student groups WIIT

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