Helen Geneva Lewis

Helen Geneva Lewis (October 22, 1896 – missing) was an American chemist.

Early life and education Born in New Haven, Connecticut, Lewis attended Mount Holyoke College for her undergraduate education and earned her degree in 1921. She then moved to Yale University as an honorary scholar, and earned her Ph.D. in 1923. She pursued postgraduate education at the University of Paris from 1926 to 1927 and at Claremont College in 1928. She was then a mathematics teacher at Beverly Hills High School from 1935 to 1936. After this stint in high schools, she returned to research with the College of Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons, where she remained for the rest of her career and continued her biochemical research.