LEWIS UNIVERSITY

private, coeducational institution of higher learning in Romeoville, Ill., U.S. It is operated by the Christian Brothers, a teaching order of the Roman Catholic church. It comprises colleges of Arts and Sciences, Business, and Nursing, and it maintains a Continuing Education program. The university has a long-standing specialization in education in aeronautics and maintains an aviation training centre. Undergraduate and master's degree programs are offered in business, counseling psychology, education, nursing, and criminology. In addition to the main campus there are several off-campus centres. Total enrollment is approximately 4,000. Lewis was founded in 1932 by the Chicago archdiocese as Holy Name Technical School, an aeronautical school for boys. It was known as Lewis School of Aeronautics when, in 1942, it was given over to the U.S. Navy for pilot training. By the end of World War II the school had trained about 1,200 men for pilot duty. In 1944 it became a junior college, and in 1949 women were admitted. As Lewis College of Science and Technology, it began awarding bachelor's degrees in 1952. The college came under the control of the Christian Brothers in 1960 and was elevated to university status in 1973.