Ehrenberg naturalised as a British subject and changed his name by deed poll in June 1947.
He was somewhat of a pioneer and innovator in the professional development of university teachers and became Professor of Higher Education in 1970, a post he held until 1988.
"[5] In 1963 at the Surrey University Battersea campus, Elton started a project to show original artworks in the Physics Department.
The donation of a collection of paintings and objets d'art was made to University of Surrey including works by Picasso, Chagall, Klee and Cocteau.
Lewis married Mary Foster,[8] whom he met at University and one of their four[9] children is the comedian and author Ben Elton.