Background
Leventhal, Marvin was born on December 4, 1937 in New York City. Son of Jerome and Helen (Treppel) Leventhal.
Leventhal, Marvin was born on December 4, 1937 in New York City. Son of Jerome and Helen (Treppel) Leventhal.
Bachelor of Science in Physics, City College of New York, 1958; Doctor of Philosophy in Physics, Brown U., 1964.
Postdoctoral fellow, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, 1964-1966; assistant professor, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, 1966-1968; member technical staff, American Telephone & Telegraph Company Bell laboratories, Murray Hill, New Jersey, 1968-1991; National Research Council senior research associate, National Aeronautics and Space Administration/Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland., since 1992; professor, department chairman astronomy, U. Maryland., College Park, since 1993.
Fellow American Physical Society. Member American Astronomical Society (Executive Committee high energy astrophysics division 1984-1986), Sigma Xi.
Married Alice Judith Smilowitz, April 16,1961. Children: Liza, Tama.
