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- Civil rights era · 1945–1975
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Henry W. Lewis joins the Institute of Government faculty
After his discharge from the Army, Lewis joined the small faculty of the Institute of Government at Chapel Hill, where he worked mainly on election law and the property tax.
People: Henry Wilkins Lewis
Subject: Institute of Government
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The Institute of Government delivers its Charlotte-Mecklenburg consolidation study
Asked in 1946 by Charlotte and Mecklenburg County leaders after a Charlotte News series, the Institute spent nearly three years inventorying every city and county department. Coates gave the first public report on November 1, 1949, staff members presented eight more over four months, and the study took no side on merger; the city and county schools were combined about a decade later.
People: Albert Coates · Henry W. Lewis · George H. Esser Jr.
Subject: Institute of Government
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Henry W. Lewis serves as director of the Institute of Government
Lewis succeeded to the directorship of the Institute of Government in 1973 and held it until he retired from the faculty in 1979.
People: Henry Wilkins Lewis
Subject: Institute of Government
- Recent decades · 1976–2026
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The Henry W. Lewis classroom is dedicated in the Knapp-Sanders Building
The Institute of Government named a classroom for Lewis in its renovated Knapp-Sanders Building.
People: Henry Wilkins Lewis
Subject: Institute of Government
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