Arthur Beverly Lewis

Background

Lewis, Arthur Beverly was born on November 21, 1901 in Forest, Mississippi, United States. Son of Benjamin Franklin and Mary Frances (Otkin) Lewis.

Education

Bachelor with distinction, University Mississippi, 1923. Master of Arts, University Mississippi, 1925. Doctor of Philosophy, Johns Hopkins University, 1930.

Career

Assistant professor, U. Mississippi, Oxford, 1925; junior physicist, National Bureau Standards, Washington, 1926-1930; assistant physicist, National Bureau Standards, Washington, 1930-1936; associate professor mathematics and physics, U. Mississippi, Oxford, 1936-1941; professor mathematics and physics, U. Mississippi, Oxford, 1941-1947; chairman, department physics, U. Mississippi, Oxford, 1952-1957; dean College Liberal Arts, U. Mississippi, Oxford, 1957-1971; professor emeritus of physics, U. Mississippi, Oxford, since 1971.

Achievements

• Arthur Beverly Lewis has been listed as a noteworthy Physicist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member American Physical Society, American Society Physics Teachers, Masons.

Connections

Married Alma Gochenour, June 20, 1930. Children: Arthur Beverly, Mary Frances Lewis Poole, Roger Clay, George Leighton.

Father:

Benjamin Franklin Lewis

Mother:

Mary Frances (Otkin) Lewis

Spouse:

Alma Gochenour

child:

Roger Clay Lewis

child:

Mary Frances Lewis Poole Lewis

child:

George Leighton Lewis

child:

Arthur Beverly Lewis