Background
Levich, Benjamin Gregory was born on March 30, 1917 in Charkov, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics. Son of Gregory and Evgeny (Atlasnez) Levich.
Levich, Benjamin Gregory was born on March 30, 1917 in Charkov, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics. Son of Gregory and Evgeny (Atlasnez) Levich.
Master Physics, Kharkov University, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics, 1937. Doctor of Philosophy, Moscow Pedagogical Institute, 1940. Doctor of Science (honorary), Hebrew University, Jerusalem.
Doctor of Science (honorary), Boston University, Carnegie-Mellow University.
Senior researcher, head theoretical department Institute Elctrochemistry Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics Academy of Sciences, 1940-1958. Professor physical chemistry Kazan University, 1943-1954. Professor theoretical physics, head department Moscow Institute Physics and Engineering, 1954-1965.
Head department chemical mechanics Moscow University, 1964-1972. Professor Tel-Aviv University, 1978-1979. Albert Einstein professor science City University of New York, 1979-1987.
Deputy of secretary general Committee on Atomic Energy, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics, 1946-1950.
Member Academy of Sciences Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics (correspondent, expelled 1979), Norwegian Academy of Sciences and Letters (foreign), New York Academy of Sciences (honorary).
Married Tanya Rubinstein, November 4, 1943. Children: Alexander, Evgeny.