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William M. Lewers (born June 1, 1927, in Kansas City, Missouri) was an attorney and member of the Congregation of Holy Cross. He earned his law degree from the University of Illinois College of Law and was a graduate fellow at the Yale Law School. After his priesthood ordination in 1965, he taught in the Law School at the University of Notre Dame, additionally serving later there as Director of the Center for Civil and Human Rights.

As provincial superior of the Indiana Province of the Congregation of Holy Cross he was an ex officio member of the Board of Trustees, 1973 - 1979, and was later an elected member.

In 1967 he was the principal author of an amicus curiae brief in the Loving v. Commonwealth of Virginia case argued before the U.S. Supreme Court. He and his co-author, William B. Ball, were counsel for sixteen Catholic diocesan bishops and administrators and the National Catholic Conference for Interracial Justice.

He died April 19, 1997, after a lengthy illness and was buried in the Holy Cross community cemetery at Notre Dame. PereDoug (talk) 23:35, 31 March 2018 (UTC)