C.W. Post Professor Celebrates 90th Birthday

Dr. Dan Levin, the oldest member of the faculty at the C.W. Post Campus of Long Island University, celebrated his 90th birthday with friends and co-workers on Monday, March 8, 2004. Dr. Levin, who is an author and scholar specializing in creative writing and Russian literature, currently teaches three undergraduate courses in creative writing and western literature.

He is the author of several books including Spinoza: The Youth of the Philosopher and Stormy Petrel: The Life and Work of Maxim Gorky, which portrays traumatic events that took place during Dr. Levin’s immigration from Russia to America during the Great Depression. He also authored From the Battlefield: Dispatches of a World War II Marine, and the novel Mask of Glory, created by his experiences in the United States Marine Corp during World War II. His later works include The Dream in the Flesh and Son of Judah.

Dr. Levin, who received his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago, became a full-time professor of English at the C.W. Post Campus in 1963. Although Dr. Levin retired in 1982 he continues to teach in the English Department and holds the title of Professor of Emeritus of English.

For information call the C.W. Post Office of Public Relations at 516-299-2334 or email pr@cwpost.liu.edu

Dan Levin (center) surrounded by the C.W. Post English Faculty and Staff

(from left): John Scheckner, Chris Barnes (Secretary, English Department), Phyllis Dircks, Richard Walsh, Wendy Ryden, Edmund Miller (Chair, English Department), Dan Levin, Katherine Hill-Miller (Dean, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences), Joan Digby (Director, Honors Program), Arthur Coleman, Avon Bisson, James Bednarz, Dennis Pahl, Belinda Kremer (Director, Writing Center).