Background
Levitt, Jesse was born on June 15, 1919 in New York City. Son of Louis and Mollie (Goldstein) Levitt.
Levitt, Jesse was born on June 15, 1919 in New York City. Son of Louis and Mollie (Goldstein) Levitt.
Bachelor magna cum laude, City College of New York, 1938. Master of Arts in French, Columbia University, New York City, 1940. Doctor of Philosophy in Romance Philology, Columbia University, New York City, 1963.
Translator, news wire editor United States Foreign Broadcast Information Service, Washington, 1941-1954. Teacher high school Baltimore, 1955-1956. Teacher junior high school Greenlawn, New York, 1956-1957.
Teacher French, Spanish, Latin Rye Neck High School, Mamaroneck, 1957-1959. Assistant professor Washington State University, Pullman, 1960-1965. Professor foreign languages University Bridgeport, Connecticut, 1965-1989.
Retired, 1989
Teacher French history, literature and current world history in senior learning program Jewish Community Center, Bridgeport, Connecticut, 1999—2005. Speaker annual conferences The Names Institute, The American Society Geolinguistics, Baruch College, New York City.
(A collection of 30 papers presented at the first Internat...)
Member Modern Language Association, Society International de dialectologie et geolinguistique, American Society Geolinguistics (editor 1973-1998, secretary, editor international conference 1992 ), American Name Society, Simon Wiesenthal Center, Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Selma Kojan, May 9, 1958. Children: Vera Louise, Lorraine Elizabeth Levitt Katz.