Fort Hays State University - Reveille Yearbook (Hays, KS)

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William A. Lewis, B. S., A. B., LL. D. President of the Kansas State Teachers College of Hays since March , 1914

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BOARD OF REGENTS T HE State Educational Institutions of Kansas are controlled by the State Board of Regents. The present members of the board are : W. Y. Morgan, Chairman .... Hutchinson B. C. Culp Beloit C. M. Harger Abilene C. B. Merriam Topeka G. S. Spencer Sedan E. W. Evans Wichita G. H. Hodges Olathe Mrs. J. S. Patrick Satanla W. J. Tod Maplehill We certainly appreciate the interest that the Board of Regents has shown in helping to put the Kansas State Teachers College, Hays, on the high level which it now occupies. R- L. PARKER, No. Page 13 ]c

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F OURTEEN years ago a man with broad vision, unlimited energy, a magnetic personality, and unusual executive ability came to the Fort Hays Normal School as its president. Through his efforts we have seen our school built into an accredited college, have seen its enrollment doubled several times. Though possibly not as readily seen, his in- fluence in inspiring and directing the lives of the young people with whom he works, has been as productive of results. President William A. Lewis was born in Dwight, Illinois. He received his early education in a rural school and small-town high school. After graduating from the Chillicothe Normal College, he taught a country school. He received a B. S. degree from the Valparaiso (Indiana) University in 1899, an A. B. degree in 1910, and an LL. D. de- gree in 1914. He was a student at the Armour Institute of Technology, and at the University of W isconsin. From 1901 to 1903 he was pro- fessor of physics in the State Teachers College, W ' arrensburg, Missouri. The next four years were spent as a teacher of chemistry in Kansas City, Missouri, first in the Central High School, and then in the College of Pharmacy. After six years’ work in the Missouri State Teachers College, be became director of the State Demonstration Farm at the University of Utah and professor of industrial education. From Utah he came to our institution. As we review the work of the past fourteen years, we can clearly see a still bigger and more worth-while future for our college under the leadership of a man as capable as President Lewis. Page 15