David Levy (historian)

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David W. Levy
Born
David William Levy

(1937-05-06) May 6, 1937 (age 86) [1]
Chicago, Illinois [1]
NationalityAmerican
Occupation(s)Professor, historian, author [1]
Years active1967 - present

David W. Levy is Professor Emeritus of the Department of History of Oklahoma University at Norman Oklahoma. Not only has he written and lectured extensively, many of his former students have gone on to achieve their own notability have stated that he was one of their favorite teachers and mentors.

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According to Encyclopedia.com, David W. Levy was born May 6, 1937, to newspaperman Roy A. Levy and his wife Helen Loeffler Levy in Chicago, Illinois. David married Lynne Hunt on September 7, 1969. They have two children, a son, and a daughter. [1]

Academic background

David Levy earned a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) degree from the University of Illinois in 1959, a Master of Arts (M. A.) degree from University of Chicago in 1961 and a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph. D.) from University of Wisconsin in 1967. He taught at Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio for three years (1964-1967) as an instructor in history, then moved to the University of Oklahoma (OU) in 1967, where he spent much of his career. He was named David Ross Boyd Professor of History in 1985, and has also been designated as a Sam K. Viersen Presidential Professor, and the Irene and Julian Rothbaum Professor of History. [2] His chief scholarly interests are in American intellectual and constitutional history. [3] He has held the title of Professor Emeritus since 2006. Levy was inducted to the Oklahoma Higher Education Hall of Fame in 2006.

Missouri University of Science and Technology appointed Levy as the 2010 Maxwell C. Weiner Distinguished Professor of Humanities. [4]

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