HYDE PARK — The University of Chicago will honor Dr. Julian Lewis, the first black doctor to teach at the school, for Black History Month.
Lewis, who was also the first black man to graduate with a doctorate in physiology and pathology in 1917, will be remembered at a 2 p.m. Feb. 21 at the Logan Center for the Arts, 915 E. 60th St.
Lewis was one of the early pioneers in the scientific field of studying the difference between races. His seminal book, “The Biology of the Negro,” dispelled the myth that whites were biologically superior to blacks, but that characteristics like blood type did have a racial component.
A representative from the Smithsonian Institution will unveil a new portrait of Lewis, followed by a remembrance of Lewis’ accomplishments by Robert Branch II, Tyrone Haymore and Dr. Christopher Crenner.
