Donald Levin papers

Donald Norman Levin was born on February 1, 1927, in Rochester, New York. He received a bachelor’s degree in French Literature and a master’s degree in Classics from Cornell University, and then went on to Harvard to receive a doctorate degree in Classics. Dr. Levin taught at Cornell, Reed College, Harvard, Washington University and Mount Holyoke College before moving to Houston to teach at Rice. Dr. Levin arrived at Rice University in 1963, and would remain a Rice professor for 28 years. He produced a large volume of work during his career, including two books, two monographs, and several translations of classical works. He also authored numerous papers, over 30 of which were presented at classical society meetings and published in anthologies. He was a poet as well as a research writer, and sixteen of his poems were published. Dr. Levin died on November 23, 1991 at the age of 64.