Background
Levitt, Robert Daniels was born on July 10, 1910 in New York City. Son of Israel Abraham and Naomi Rose (Daniels) Levitt.
Levitt, Robert Daniels was born on July 10, 1910 in New York City. Son of Israel Abraham and Naomi Rose (Daniels) Levitt.
Student New York University, 1926. Bachelor of Arts, Rollins College, 1931. Student Columbia Law School, 1931-1933.
Reporter, feature writer, columnist New York Journal, 1933-1938. Advertising promotion manager New York Journal-American, 1938-1939, promotion director, 1939-1940. Assistant to circulation director Hearst Newspapers, 1941-1942.
Director Hearst Promotion Enterprises, 1946-1951.
Associate public The American Weekly, also Puck-The Comic Weekly, 1951-1953, public, 1953-1955. Vice-president, director Hearst Consolidated Newspapers, Incorporated., Hearst Public Company, Incorporated.
Director national sales Screen Gems, television subsid. Columbia Pictures, 1956.
Vice president, general manager California National Prodns., film subsidiary National Broadcasting Company, 1956-1957, president, since 1957.
Served from captain lieutenant colonel Army of the United States, 1942-1945. Member Inter-American Press Association, Omicron Delta Kappa. Mason.; Club: Overseas Press.
Married Ethel Merman, October 15, 1941 (divorced). Married second, Sherry Shadburne, July 10, 1952. Children: Ethel Merman, Robert Daniels.
