Leon Levintow

Background

Levintow, Leon was born on November 10, 1921 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Benjamin Henry and Dora (Melnicoff) Levintow.

Education

Bachelor, Haverford College, 1943. Doctor of Medicine, Thomas Jefferson University, 1946.

Career

Research chemist, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland., 1949-1951, 52-56; research fellow, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, 1951-1952; assistant laboratory chief, laboratory cell biology, National Institute Allergy and Infectious Diseases division National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, 1956-1961; assistant laboratory chief, laboratory biological viruses, National Institute Allergy and Infectious Diseases division National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, 1962-1965; professor microbiology, University of California, San Francisco, since 1965; department chairman microbiology and immunology, University of California, San Francisco, since 1981. Member Molecular Biology panel National Science Foundation, Washington, 1966-1969. Chairman experimental virology study section National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, 1975-1979.

Chairman fellowship screening committee American Cancer Society California division, 1980-1983.

Achievements

• Leon Levintow has been listed as a noteworthy Microbiologist, virologist, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Served to captain United States Army medical corporations, 1943-1949, United States Public Health Service, 1949-1965, captain. Member American Chemical Society, American Society Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, American Society Microbiology (chairman virology division, 1969-1970).

Connections

Married Pearl Slutz, February 6, 1946 (deceased January 1955). Married Regina Goodman, April 1, 1959. Children: Michael, Stephen, Daniel, Robert Paul.

Father:

Benjamin Henry Levintow

Mother:

Dora (Melnicoff) Levintow

Spouse:

Pearl Slutz

Spouse:

Regina Goodman

child:

Robert Paul Levintow

child:

Daniel Levintow

child:

Stephen Levintow

child:

Michael Levintow