Ivy Foreman Lewis

Background

Lewis, Ivy Foreman was born on August 31, 1882 in Raleigh, North Carolina, United States. Son of Richard Henry and Cornelia Viola (Battle) Lewis.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Univercity North Carolina, 1902, Master of Science, 1903. Doctor of Philisophy, Johns Hopkins, 1908. Studied University Bonn, Germany.

Career

Professor biology Randolph-Macon College, Ashland, Virginia, 1905-1906, 1907-1912. Assistant professor botany, University of Wisconsin, 1912-1914. Professor botany U. Missouri, 1914-1915.

Professor biology University of Virginia since 1915, dean since 1934.

Instructor btoany Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, 1910-1917, in charge botany, 1918-1927. Director Mount Lake Biological Station, 1934-1946.

Chairman division biology and agriculture National Research Council, 1933-1936.

Achievements

• Ivy Foreman Lewis has been listed as a noteworthy botanist. by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member Virginia Academy Science, American Society Naturalists (president 1939), American Biological Society (president 1942), Botanical Society American (president 1949), North.E. Botanical Sol., Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, Zeta Psi. Club: Colonnade.

Connections

Married Margaret Hunter, June 9, 1909. Children: Ivey Foreman, Margaret Elliott, Penelope Battle.

Father:

Richard Henry Lewis

Mother:

Cornelia Viola (Battle) Lewis

Spouse:

Margaret Hunter

child:

Ivey Foreman Lewis

child:

Margaret Elliott Lewis

child:

Penelope Battle Lewis