Lewis Solmon

Lewis C. Solmon
Born	(1942-07-17)July 17, 1942 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Died	December 17, 2007(2007-12-17) (aged 65) Los Angeles, California, United States
Nationality	American
Academic career
Field	Education economics
Institutions	Purdue University, City University of New York, Higher Education Research Institute, UCLA Graduate School of Education and Information Studies, Milken Institute
Alma mater	University of Toronto, University of Chicago

Lewis C. Solmon (July 17, 1942 in Toronto–December 17, 2007 in Los Angeles, California) was an American educational economist who advocated for teaching reform, especially performance-related pay.

Biography

A native of Toronto, Canada, Solmon received his undergraduate degree from the University of Toronto in 1964. He then enrolled at the University of Chicago, where he received his masters' in 1967 and his Ph.D. in 1968. He joined the University of California, Los Angeles' Higher Education Research Institute in 1974, and served as dean of the UCLA Graduate School of Education and Information Studies from 1985 to 1991. In 1991, he became the founding president of the Milken Institute. He became the president of the Milken Family Foundation's National Institute for Excellence in Teaching in 2005, and remained in this position until he died in 2007.