Lowell N. Lewis

Lowell N. Lewis
Born (1931-07-09) July 9, 1931
Kingston, Pennsylvania
Education
B.S Pennsylvania State University (1953)
Awards Guggenheim Fellowship for Molecular & Cellular Biology (1967)[2]

Lowell N. Lewis (born July 9, 1931) was an American plant physiology professor. He began teaching plant physiology at University of California, Riverside in 1960.[1] In 1963 he and graduate student Rashad Khalifah discovered a new kind of auxin present in citrus plants.[3][4] He was promoted to associate professor of horticultural science in 1965.[5] In 1971 he was appointed associate dean of the College of Natural and Agricultural Sciences by the dean, W. Mack Dugger.[6] He left teaching in 1981 when he was appointed vice president of the Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources.[1] Lewis mentions in a self-published book that he was named coordinator of relations between the University of California and Catalonia by a 1995 bilateral academic agreement.[7]

Selected published works

References

  1. 1 2 3 Reuther, Walter, ed. (1989). The Citrus Industry. 5. UCANR Publications. pp. 346–347. ISBN 9780931876875.
  2. "Lowell N. Lewis". John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation.
  3. "New Plant Hormone". University Bulletin. 12 (12): 76. October 21, 1963.
  4. "Telltale Curve". Corona Daily Independent. October 7, 1963. p. 5 via Newspaperarchive.com.
  5. "Academic Promotions, 1965-66". University Bulletin. University of California. 13 (38): 246. June 1, 1965.
  6. Sherman, Irwin; Heath, Robert L.; Lovatt, Carol; Ting, Irwin P. "In Memoriam: W. M. "Mack" Dugger, Jr.". University of California. Retrieved April 5, 2015.
  7. Lewis, Lowell (2013). Catalonia and California: Sister States. AuthorHouse. pp. 109–110. ISBN 9781481770330.

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