Ernest Lee Levingston

Background

Levingston, Ernest Lee was born on November 7, 1921 in Pineville, Louisiana, United States. Son of Vernon Lee and Adele (Miller) Levingston.

Education

Biomedical Engineering, Louisiana State University, 1960. General foreman T. Miller & Sons, Lake Charles, Louisiana, 1939-1942. Senior engineer, section head Cities Service Refining Corporation, Lake Charles,1946-1957.

Group leader Bovay Engineers, Baton Rouge, 1957-1959.

Chief engineer Augenstein Construction Company, Lake Charles, 1959-1960. President Levingston Engineers, Incorporated., Lake Charles, 1961-1985, general manager Southwest Louisiana, Austin Industrial, 1985-1988.

President Levingston Engineers, 1989-1996, Chairman of the Board, 1996.

Career

General forman T. Miller & Sons, Lake Charles, Louisiana, 1939-1942. Senior engineer, section head Cities Service Refining Corporation, 1946-1957. Group leader Bovay Engineers, Baton Rouge, 1957-1959.

Chief engineer Augenstein Construction Company, Lake Charles, 1959-1960. President Levingston Engineers, Inc., 1961-1985. General manager Southwest Louisiana Austin Industrial, 1985-1988.

President Levingston Engineers, Lake Charles, 1989-1996, chairman board, 1996-2000, president, chairman board, 2000—2008.

Achievements

• Ernest Lee Levingston has been listed as a noteworthy engineering company executive by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Lake Charles Planning and Zoning Commission, 1965-1970. Advisory board Sowela Technology Institute, since 1969. Member Regional Export Expansion Council, 1969-1970, chairman code committee, since 1966.

Member Louisiana Board Commerce and Industry, since 1978. Board directors Lake Charles Memorial Hospital. Board directors, regional chairman Louisiana Chemical Industry Alliance, since 1990.

With United States Naval Reserve, 1942-1946. Member Louisiana Engineering Society (president 1967-1968, state board directors 1967-1968, 90-91), National Institute Certified Engineering Technologists (past trustee, member examination committee), Louisiana Association Business and Industry, Lake Area Industries/McNeese Engineering, Lake Charles Chamber of Commerce (director 1969-1973).

Connections

Married Kathleen Bernice Bordelon, June 23, 1944. Children: David Lewis, Jeanne Evelyn, James Lee.

Father:

Vernon Lee Levingston

Mother:

Adele (Miller) Levingston

Spouse:

Kathleen Bernice Bordelon

child:

Jeanne Evelyn Levingston

child:

David Lewis Levingston

child:

James Lee Levingston