Harry R. Lewis, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Harry R. Lewis

Professor of Computer Science at Harvard University and former Dean of Harvard College; noted author

Date of Birth: 19-Apr-1947

Place of Birth: Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Profession: computer scientist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Harry Roy Lewis (born 1947) is an American computer scientist, mathematician, and university administrator known for his research in computational logic, textbooks in theoretical computer science, and writings on computing, higher education, and technology.
He is Gordon McKay Professor of Computer Science at Harvard University, and was Dean of Harvard College from 1995 to 2003. Lewis has been honored for his "particularly distinguished contributions to undergraduate teaching"; his students have included future entrepreneurs Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg, and numerous future faculty members at Harvard and other schools. The website "Six Degrees to Harry Lewis", created by Zuckerberg while at Harvard, was a precursor to Facebook. A new professorship in Engineering and Applied Sciences, endowed by a former student, will be named for Lewis and his wife upon their retirements.