John D. Lewis
John D. Lewis
Competition: US & Canada
Oberlin College
As published in the Foundation’s Report for 1943–44:
LEWIS, JOHN DONALD. Appointed for the preparation of a book on trends in American political thought and institutions since 1900; tenure, twelve months from September 1, 1943.
Born October 6, 1905, Paterson, New Jersey. Education: Oberlin College; University of Wisconsin, M.A., 1929, Ph.D., 1934. Institute of International Education Exchange Fellow at the University of Berlin, 1932–33; Social Science Research Research Council Fellow, 1939–40.
Assistant in Political Science, 1929–30, Instructor, 1930–35, University of Wisconsin; Assistant Professor of Political Science, 1935–42, Associate Professor, 1942—, Oberlin College.
Publications: The Genossenschaft-Theory of Otto von Gierke, 1935. Articles in American Political Science Review, International Journal of Ethics, New Republic. Contributor to Democracy is Different, 1941.