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William Draper Lewis (1867–1949) was the first full-time dean of the University of Pennsylvania Law School (1896–1914), and the founding director (1923–1947) of the American Law Institute . Personal life and education.
The William Draper Lewis Papers are organized into four series: Correspondence, Legal, Manuscripts/Writings, Lectures, and Speeches. The Correspondence series is arranged chronologically and the other series alphabetically.
Member of the Philadelphia. WILLIAM DRAPER LEWIS. In the Law School he worked hard and won a recognized place among the ablest of his classmates. He won the Sharswood Prize for the best graduation thesis. Its subject was Federal Power over Com-merce and its Effect on State Action, and the essay was an unusually thoughtful and mature production.
WILLIAM DRAPER LEWIS. By AuGUSTus N. HAND t. I first met Dr. Lewis in connection with the American Law Institute and never knew him intimately until about fifteen years ago when I joined the group of Advisers who were then working with Professor Bohlen on the Restatement of the Law of Torts.
WILLIAM DRAPER LEWIS Director of the American Law Institute; Professor of Law, University of Pennsylvania. HE gift by the Carnegie Corporation of $1,075,00ooo to TThe American Law Institute has received wide notice and general editorial comment. The Institute was organized and incorporated in Washing-ton on February 23, 1923.
In a very real sense, Dr. Lewis is the father of the present School. In truth that School could not have been what it is today except for his vision, persistence and planning.
William Draper Lewis has 71 books on Goodreads with 28 ratings. William Draper Lewis’s most popular book is The Life of Theodore Roosevelt.
