Hillel Salmon Levinson

Background

Levinson, Hillel Salmon was born on February 16, 1918 in New York City. Son of Leon Reuben and Jennie (Levine) Levinson.

Education

Bachelor of Science, City College of New York, 1937; Master of Science, City College of New York, 1939; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Pennsylvania, 1954.

Career

Chemist National Bureau Standards, 1940-1943. Bacteriologist Doctor P. Phillips Corporation, Orlando, Florida, 1946-1947, United States Army Quartermaster Corps, Philadelphia, 1947-1954. Head bacteriology group, microbiologist United States Army Natick (Massachusetts) Laboratories, 1954-1983.

Senior research scientist Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts, since 1983. Adjunct professor University Miami, since 1980. Member editorial board Journal of Bacteriology, 1964-1979.

Lecturer microbiology, New York University School Medicine, 1966. Adjunct professor microbiology Northeastern University, Boston, 1975-1983.

Achievements

• Hillel Salmon Levinson has been listed as a noteworthy microbiologist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

1st lieutenant Sanitary corpus, United States army, 1943-1946, Mediterranean Theatre of Operations. Fellow American Academy Microbiology. Member American Society for Microbiology (emeritus), New York Academy of Sciences, Sigma Xi.

Connections

Married Caroline Lipschutz, June 27, 1943. 1 child, Lawrence R.

Father:

Leon Reuben Levinson

Mother:

Jennie (Levine) Levinson

Spouse:

Caroline Lipschutz

child:

Lawrence R. Levinson