Background
Levine, Max was born on April 4, 1889 in Poland. Son of Julius and Rebecca (Mogelelfsky) Levine.
Levine, Max was born on April 4, 1889 in Poland. Son of Julius and Rebecca (Mogelelfsky) Levine.
Brought to the United States in infancy. Preparatory education, English High School, Boston, Massachusetts. Bachelor of Science in Biology and Public Health, Massachusetts Institute Technology, 1912.
Doctor of Philosophy in Bacteriology and Preventive Medicine, State University Iowa, 1922.
Honorary Doctor of Science, U. Hawaii, 1960.
Research assistant, Massachusetts Institute Technology, 1912-1913. Bacteriologist United States Public Health Service, 1914. Instructor in bacteriology, Iowa State College Agriculture and Mechanics
Arts, 1913-1914, assistant professor, 1914-1919.
Associate professor 1919-1924, professor, 1924-1947, in charge of department, 1933-1945. Research professor bacteriology, Iowa Engineering Experiment Station.
Director laboratories Department Health, Honolulu, 1947-1960, retired.
Member Environmental Health Study Section, Division Research Grants and
Served as First lieutenant and captain, Sanitary corpus, United States army, World War I. Fellow American Public Health Association, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Academy Microbiology, New York Academy Science. Member Society American Bacteriologists, Society of Experimental Biology and Medicine, American Water Works Association, Federated Sewage Works Association, Hawaii Public Health Association (president 1959), Iowa Academy of Science, Institute of Food Technology, Association Military Surgeon of the United States, Sigma Xi, Phi Lambda Upsilon, Phi Kappa Phi, Phi Mu Alpha.
Honorary. Member Society Biological Chemists of India.
Married Adele Dine, November 30, 1911. Children: Norman Dine, Boris Eugene, Saul Edgar, Melvin Lewis, Thelma Laila.