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Philip H. Lewis Jr.
Philip Howard Lewis Jr. (September 4, 1925 – July 2, 2017) was 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). Charles Little, author of Greenways for America, describes Lewis as the "...most inventive (and occasionally controversial) figure in regional landscape planning theory in the country".
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.[citation needed] He had a younger sister, Gretchen.
Lewis graduated from Lawrenceville Township High School in 1943. He enlisted in the Army Air Force 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 Army Air Force in 1946. He attended the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 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.[citation needed] 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.[citation needed]
Lewis completed a summer internship with the National Park Service in 1952, where he learned about governmental agency interdisciplinary efforts to maintain the landscapes under their jurisdiction. His thesis focused on the Everglades Inventory and Development Study.
On June 13, 1953, Lewis married Elizabeth Alice Thompson, a botany student at Radcliffe College. They were married for 58 years until her death on February 1, 2012.
Lewis was awarded a Charles Eliot Traveling Fellowship in Landscape Architecture for his work on the Everglades. The fellowship allowed Lewis and his newlywed to travel to Europe for a year-long honeymoon and period of discovery. They viewed the landscapes of England, Scotland, Spain, Italy, Switzerland, Germany, Denmark, Sweden and Norway. These experiences sparked Lewis's interest in museums, communicating with the public, and the creation of spaces for buying local products.
After returning from Europe, Lewis worked for the University of Illinois Bureau of Community Planning from 1953 to 1963. He taught City Planning Research with visiting professor Patrick Horsbrugh in the spring of 1957. Horsbrugh and Lewis became lifelong friends and colleagues.
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Philip H. Lewis Jr.
Philip Howard Lewis Jr. (September 4, 1925 – July 2, 2017) was 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). Charles Little, author of Greenways for America, describes Lewis as the "...most inventive (and occasionally controversial) figure in regional landscape planning theory in the country".
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.[citation needed] He had a younger sister, Gretchen.
Lewis graduated from Lawrenceville Township High School in 1943. He enlisted in the Army Air Force 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 Army Air Force in 1946. He attended the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 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.[citation needed] 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.[citation needed]
Lewis completed a summer internship with the National Park Service in 1952, where he learned about governmental agency interdisciplinary efforts to maintain the landscapes under their jurisdiction. His thesis focused on the Everglades Inventory and Development Study.
On June 13, 1953, Lewis married Elizabeth Alice Thompson, a botany student at Radcliffe College. They were married for 58 years until her death on February 1, 2012.
Lewis was awarded a Charles Eliot Traveling Fellowship in Landscape Architecture for his work on the Everglades. The fellowship allowed Lewis and his newlywed to travel to Europe for a year-long honeymoon and period of discovery. They viewed the landscapes of England, Scotland, Spain, Italy, Switzerland, Germany, Denmark, Sweden and Norway. These experiences sparked Lewis's interest in museums, communicating with the public, and the creation of spaces for buying local products.
After returning from Europe, Lewis worked for the University of Illinois Bureau of Community Planning from 1953 to 1963. He taught City Planning Research with visiting professor Patrick Horsbrugh in the spring of 1957. Horsbrugh and Lewis became lifelong friends and colleagues.
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