Harry R. Lewis

For other people named Harry Lewis, see Harry Lewis (disambiguation).

Harry R. Lewis
Harry Lewis in 2002
Born1947 (age 76–77)
Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.[5]
EducationHarvard University (BA, MA, PhD)
TitleGordon McKay Professor of Computer Science (1981–present)
Dean of Harvard College (1995–2003)
Harvard College Professor (2003–2008)
SpouseMarlyn McGrath (1968–present)[5]
Scientific career
FieldsComputer science
Mathematical logic
InstitutionsHarvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Thesis Herbrand Expansions and Reductions of the Decision Problem  (1974)
Doctoral advisorBurton Dreben
Doctoral students
Other notable students
Uniformed service
Allegiance United States
Service/branch U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps
Years of service1968 - 1970
Rank Lieutenant (junior grade)
Websitehttp://people.seas.harvard.edu/~lewis/

Harry Roy Lewis (born 1947) is an American computer scientist, mathe­ma­ti­cian, and uni­ver­sity admin­i­stra­tor known for his research in com­pu­ta­tional logic, textbooks in theoretical computer science, and writings on computing, higher education, and technology. He is Gordon McKay Research Professor of Computer Science at Harvard University, and was Dean of Harvard College from 1995 to 2003.

Essentially all of Lewis's career has been at Harvard, where he has been honored for his "particularly distinguished contributions to undergraduate teaching"; his students have included future entrepreneurs Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg, and numerous future faculty members at Harvard and other schools. The website "Six Degrees to Harry Lewis", created by Zuckerberg while at Harvard, was a precursor to Facebook.

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