Brown, Lewis H. (Lewis Herold), b. 1894, (1894-1951) at the 1945 Lake Forest College Commencement at which he received an honorary degree and also delivered the Commencement address.

Title

Brown, Lewis H. (Lewis Herold), b. 1894, (1894-1951) at the 1945 Lake Forest College Commencement at which he received an honorary degree and also delivered the Commencement address.

Subject

Brown, Lewis H. (Lewis Herold), b. 1894

Description

Mr. Brown is shown standing in front of a southeast entrance to the First Presbyterian church of Lake Forest, a building adjacent to the campus and facing the then administration building, Durand Institute, on North campus. The stones are from the Second Presbyterian Church, Chicago edifice of 1851 (James Renwick, architect, the "Spotted Church". It was here that Lake Forest College's predecessor institution was founded in 1856-57, by the Lake Forest Association.

Brown was president of Johns-Manville Corporation, New York, a company that had a major asbestos plant at Waukegan that partnered with Lake Forest College in the 1940s on cooperative education programs.  President Ernest Johnson of the College, 1942-59, and former professor of economics, led in this effort that played an important role in saving the institution during World War II when the men were drafted and then after.  

See https://www.lakeforest.edu/library/archives/exhibits/lakeeffect/lakeeffect-archives.php for links to more information.

Publisher

Lake Forest College

Date

1945

Rights

https://www.lakeforest.edu/library/archives/permission.php

Format

Still image

Language

eng

Type

jpg

Files

Brown, Lewis H. (Johns Manville; hon. degree 1945).jpg

Citation

“Brown, Lewis H. (Lewis Herold), b. 1894, (1894-1951) at the 1945 Lake Forest College Commencement at which he received an honorary degree and also delivered the Commencement address.,” Digital Collections - Lake Forest College, accessed May 17, 2024, https://collections.lakeforest.edu/items/show/3993.

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