Ida E. Lewis

Ida Elizabeth Lewis (born September 22, 1934) is a Black American journalist and teacher.

During the 1980s she worked as a political consultant and press agent; her clients included Ross Perot, Abraham Hirschfeld and Adam Clayton Powell IV.

[1] She was an adjunct professor of journalism at Boston University College of Communication and was a member of the Dean's Executive Advisory Board, the Alumni Council, and the College of Communication's National Alumni Committee.

She established the Ida E. Lewis Scholarship Fund to support minority students in journalism.

[1] Lewis received the Award for Excellence in Journalism from the Association for the Study of African American Life and History, and the Woman of Distinction Award from Kingsborough Community College at the City University of New York.