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Earl Lewis | |
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| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | Concordia College, University of Minnesota |
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| Discipline | History |
| Institutions | University of California at Berkeley, University of Michigan, Andrew W. Mellon Foundation |
Earl Lewis is the founding director of the Center for Social Solutions and professor of history at the University of Michigan.[1] He was president of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation from 2013 to 2018.[2] Before his appointment as the president of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Lewis served for over eight years as Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs and as the Asa Griggs Candler Professor of History and African American Studies at Emory University.[3] He was the university's first African-American provost and at the time the highest-ranking African-American administrator in the university's history.
- ^ "Earl Lewis to Launch the Center for Social Solutions at the University of Michigan". Mellon News. The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. 2018-02-20. Retrieved 2018-03-02.
- ^ Center, Foundation (2017-09-15). "Earl Lewis to Step Down as Mellon Foundation President". Philanthropy News Digest (PND). Retrieved 2018-03-02.
- ^ Sauder, Ron (Summer 2012). "Emory Provost to Lead Mellon Foundation". Emory Magazine. Emory University | Atlanta GA. Retrieved 2020-03-05.