Lewis Lehrman
Lewis Lehrman | |
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Lehrman in 1982 | |
| Born | August 15, 1938 Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Died | March 11, 2026 (aged 87) Greenwich, Connecticut, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Yale University (BA) Harvard University (MA) |
| Political party | Republican |
Lewis E. Lehrman (August 15, 1938 – March 11, 2026) was an American investment banker, historian and politician. He was awarded the National Humanities Medal by President George W. Bush in 2005 for his contributions to American history, Abraham Lincoln scholarship, and monetary policy.
Lehrman wrote for the Lincoln Institute. He was a senior partner at L. E. Lehrman & Co., an investment firm he established in 1981. He was also the chairman of the Lehrman Institute, a public policy research and grant-making foundation founded in 1972.
On November 10, 2005, Lehrman and Richard Gilder were awarded the National Humanities Medal in an Oval Office ceremony by US President George W. Bush. Lehrman converted to Catholicism.