Ivey Foreman Lewis

Ivey Foreman Lewis
BornAugust 31, 1882
Raleigh, North Carolina
DiedMarch 16, 1964 (1964-03-17) (aged 81)
Charlottesville, Virginia, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
Alma mater
Scientific career
FieldsBotany, genetics
Institutions
Author abbrev. (botany)I.F.Lewis

Ivey Foreman Lewis (August 31, 1882 – March 16, 1964) was an American botanist and geneticist who served for two decades as dean of the University of Virginia and helped found the Virginia Academy of Science.[1] A proponent of eugenics throughout his career,[2][3] in his final years, Lewis and his sister Nell Battle Lewis gained national attention for their opposition to racial desegregation in public education, especially the United States Supreme Court decisions in Brown v. Board of Education.[4]

  1. ^ Runk, B. F. D.; Gooch, Robert K.; Husted, Ladley (1964). "A Resolution on the Death of Ivey Foreman Lewis: University of Virginia". Castanea. 29 (4): 188–191. JSTOR 4031997.
  2. ^ Dorr, Gregory Michael (2008). Segregation's Science: Eugenics and Society in Virginia. University of Virginia Press. pp. 72–77. ISBN 978-0-8139-2755-8.
  3. ^ Dorr, Gregory Michael (2000). "Assuring America's place in the sun: Ivey Foreman Lewis and the teaching of eugenics at the University of Virginia, 1915-1953". The Journal of Southern History. 66 (2): 257–296. doi:10.2307/2587659. JSTOR 2587659. PMID 17896450.
  4. ^ Leidholdt, Alexander S. (2014). "Showdown on Mr. Jefferson's Lawn". Virginia Magazine of History and Biography. 122 (3): 230–271.