Edward Morgan Lewis (25 December 1872 – 23 May 1936), otherwise known as Ted Lewis, was an American Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher as well as a professor of English literature, academic administrator, the tenth president of the Massachusetts Agricultural College and fifth President of the University of New Hampshire.
[1] Nicknamed "The Pitching Professor" and "Parson", Lewis was an ordained minister who earned a master's degree from Williams College.
[1] Lewis later left for Massachusetts Agricultural College (MAC), where he served as an English professor, department head and dean.
[1] He was the president of MAC between 1924 and 1927, and when his liberal philosophy created disagreements with the college's trustees, he submitted his resignation.
[1] A recreational area known as Lewis Fields constructed from December 1933 to September 1936 was named in his honor.
[5] This area includes UNH's college football stadium—now known as Wildcat Stadium—which was known as Lewis Stadium or Lewis Field until it was formally named Cowell Stadium in 1952 in honor of former head coach Butch Cowell.