Philip H. Lewis Jr.
| Philip H. Lewis Jr. | |
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| Born |
4 September 1925 Robinson, Illinois |
| Nationality | U.S.A. |
| Alma mater | Harvard University & University of Illinois |
| Occupation | Landscape architect |
| Spouse(s) | Elizabeth Alice Thompson |
| Children | Philip III, Andrew, Lisa |
Philip H. Lewis Jr. (Born September 4, 1925) is an emeritus professor of landscape architecture who promoted the "environmental corridor" concept. He taught for more than 40 years at the University of Illinois (1953-1963) and the University of Wisconsin–Madison (1964-1994).
Lewis was born in Robinson, Illinois (20 miles from his hometown of Lawrenceville, Illinois), United States, on September 4, 1925. His father, Philip Howard Lewis Sr. (1890-1971), was an attorney who was a county judge and a state's attorney (1924-1930). His mother, Florence Sutfin Lewis (1900-1998), was a homemaker who worked at the First National Bank in Lawrenceville, Illinois. He has a younger sister, Gretchen.
Lewis graduated from Lawrenceville Township High School in 1943. He enlisted in the Air Corps upon graduation and completed a six-month training program at Hondo Air Base in Hondo, Texas, where he received navigation training. He completed his service with the Air Corps in 1946. He attended the University of Illinois on the G.I. bill, receiving a bachelor's degree in landscape architecture in 1950. Influential figures during his undergraduate training included Stanley Hart White and Karl B. Lohmann. His education at the University of Illinois culminated in a trip to California to view contemporary landscape architecture projects with his favorite teacher, Hideo Sasaki. This trip included tours of gardens that had been designed by Thomas Dolliver Church and Garrett Eckbo. Following this trip, Lewis secured his first professional job as a landscape architect with the O. E. Goetz Nursery in Webster Groves, Missouri.
After working at the Goetz Nursery, he attended Harvard Graduate School of Design, (1950-1953), where he earned a master's degree in landscape architecture.
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