Background
Levinson, Mark was born on June 12, 1929 in Brooklyn. Son of Samuel Eleazer and Rose (Tartakow) Levinson.
Levinson, Mark was born on June 12, 1929 in Brooklyn. Son of Samuel Eleazer and Rose (Tartakow) Levinson.
Bachelor Aeronautical Engineering summa cum laude, Polytechnic Institute Brooklyn, 1951. Master of Science in Mathematics, Polytechnic Institute Brooklyn, 1960. Doctor of Philosophy, California Institute of Technology, 1964.
Stress and vibration analyst Foster Wheeler Corporation, New York City, 1957-1959. Assistant professor mechanical engineering Oregon State University, Corvallis, 1960-1961. Associate professor mechanical engineering Clarkson College of Technology, Potsdam, New York, 1964-1966.
Associate professor theo. and applied mechanical West Virginia University, Morgantown, 1966-1967. Professor engineering mechanical McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, 1967-1980. A.O. Willey professor mechanical engineering, director technical/society project University Maine, Orono, 1980-1990.
Engineering educator, researcher University Washington, Seattle. Visiting professor University Washington, 1991-1997, consultant in field, 1963-1994.
Vice president Heritage Hamilton Ltd., 1973-1978. With United States Army, 1952-1954. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (associate).
Member American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Society History of Science, Society for History of Technology, Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, American Aviation History Society.
Married Suzanne Josephson, December 27, 1953 (deceased May 2003). Children: Robert Matthias, Madeline Jane.
