Sydney Lewis

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Sydney Lewis was a prominent Virginia businessman, philanthropist, and art collector. He was the founder of Best Products Co. (now defunct). He is the namesake of Lewis Hall at the Washington and Lee University School of Law, whose construction he funded in 1976. Lewis himself held both his B.A. and J.D. from Washington and Lee, earning those degrees in 1940 and 1943, respectively.