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lowell n. lewis
 lowell n. lewis
lowell n. lewis

lowell n. lewis -lrb- born july 9 , 1931 -rrb- was an american plant physiology professor .
he began teaching plant physiology at university of california , riverside in 1960 .
in 1963 he and graduate student rashad khalifah discovered a new kind of auxin present in citrus plants .
he was promoted to associate professor of horticultural science in 1965 .
in 1971 he was appointed associate dean of the college of natural and agricultural sciences by the dean , w. mack dugger .
he left teaching in 1981 when he was appointed vice president of the division of agriculture and natural resources .
lewis mentions in a self-published book that he was named coordinator of relations between the university of california and catalonia by a 1995 bilateral academic agreement .
