Background
Levi, Wendell Mitchell was born on September 28, 1891 in Sumter, South Carolina, United States. Son of Mitchell and Estella (D.’Ancona) Levi.
Levi, Wendell Mitchell was born on September 28, 1891 in Sumter, South Carolina, United States. Son of Mitchell and Estella (D.’Ancona) Levi.
Bachelor of Arts, College Charleston, 1921, Doctor of Letters, 1968. Bachelor of Philosophy Chicago, 1915, Juris Doctor cum laude, 1915.
Admitted to South Carolina. bar, 1915. President Palmetto Pigeon Plant, 1923-1956, Chairman of the Board, from 1956. President Wen-le Corporation, Levi Public Company, Incorporated.
Merit badge counselor Boy Scouts American, from 1934, member of council Executive Board Pee Dee area.
Vice president Sumter County Community Chest, 1954, general chairman drive, 1952-1953. Vice president United Appeal Board, 1955.
Board of directors Carolinas United Community Services, from 1957. Commissioned First lieutenant infantry, Fort Oglethorpe O.T.C., 1917.
Special duty in charge pigeon section Signal corpus, United States army, 1917-1918.
Captain commanding Company L, 323d Infantry, 81st Division. With American Expeditionary Forces, Vosges and Meuse-Argonne, 1918-1919.
Member American, South Carolina., Sumter County (president 1970-1971) bar associations, National Pigeon Association (president 1931-1933, recipient First Hall of Fame award, 1958, National Pigeon Association Service award 1967), American Pigeon. Membership committee 1949-1950), American Poultry History Society (life. Mason (32 degree, Shriner), Kiwanian (Legion of Honor 1972), Elk.
Married Bertha Cecil London, June 20, 1921. Children: Estella Doctorate’Ancona (Mistress Robert P. Kirchheimer), Patricia London (Mistress Henry Doctorate. Barnett), Wendell Mitchell.