Wayne State University Dinner Tuesday to Honor
Prof. Samuel M. Levin on His Retirement font
Faculty and on His Appoaching 70th Bithday
CO
Detroit's most prominent edu-
cator and one of the Jewish
community's outstanding per-
sonalities, Prof. Samuel M. Le-
vin, will be accorded a distinct
honor next Tuesday evening.
Prof. and Mrs. Levin will be
tendered a dinner by the uni-
versity faculty on the occasion
of his retirement, on the eve
of his 70th birthday which he
will observe on June 8.
Having the distinction of
being the longest active
member of Wayne State Uni-
versity, Prof. Levin's life
story is viewed as the his-
tory of Wayne State Univer-
sity. He began his teaching
career at ' Central High
PROF. SAMUEL M. LEVIN
School in February, 1913,
then at Junior College and
at City College and con- articles are on a variety of sub-
tinued at Wayne State Uni- jects related to his profesiorial
activities and his Jewish in-
versity, serving the co•mun-
ity's university far close to terests. "Some Problems of the
40 years. He married the Economy of Israel," "Zangwill's
farmer Lillian Keidan an Place in Jewish Life" and "Fas-
cism and American Jewry"
Aug. 25, 1914.
were among his essays that at-
In 1915 he was taken into tracted wide interest.
conference by Principal David
Prof. Levin was born in Lis-
Mackenzie, at the - time of the
inauguration of Detroit Junior kovo, Poland, June 8, 1888, the
College, and was entrusted with oldest .son of the late Rabbi
the responsibility of handling Judah Leib Levin, one of ortho-
the history courses, and soon doxy's most distinguished lead-
thereafter also the economics ers of his time. He came to
this country at the age of five
courses.
Before the end of World War and joined his father, who was
I he was named lecturer on then rabbi in New Haven, Conn.
war aims to the men of the Stu- In 1898 Rabbi Levin began his
service as rabbi of the Detroit
dents' Army Training Corps.
Orthodox Community and the
In 1919 he was appointed family moved here in that year.
chairman of the social sci-
His father was one of the
ence department of both De-
organizers of the Miz•achi
troit Junior College and
movement in America and
Central High School. Shortly
of the Union of Orthodox
after the establishment of
Rabbis of America.
the College of the City of
Detroit, he was named, on
After graduating from the
Sept. 7, 1925, to the rank University of Michigan with a
of Professor and Head of B.A. degree and a major in the
the Department of Social social sciences, Prof. Levin
Science at the college.
held the position of principal
He served as head of the so- of the Russell Evening School
cial science department of the for one semester, in 1912, then
Junior College and the College moving on to Central High
of the City of Detroit from School. He received his M.A.
1919 to 1928 and as head of degree from University of Chi-
the economics department of cago in 1925.
this college and Wayne Uni-
Prof. Levin served on the di-
versity from 1928 to 1935. He rectorial boards of the United
voluntarily retired from the Hebrew Schools, Jewish Welfare
chairmanship in 1953.
Federation, Resettlement Serv-
Administratively, Prof. Le- ice, Jewish Vocational Service
vin's duties in the '20s and '30s and other groups, and was a
covered the broad area of his- member of the Detroit Com-
toy, economics, political science, munity Fund's budget review
sociology, accounting and mis- committee. He was named on
cellaneous courses in business numerous committees for the
administration.
City of Detroit by the late
His works were widely Mayor Frank Murphy and served
recognized, as is indicated on the Labor Panel of the
by the many scores of his American Arbitration Associa-
published articles and pam- tion.
phlets. His name was in-
Prof. Lawrence A. Seltzer,
cluded in all issues of the
the present chairman of the
Directory of American
university's economics depart-
Scholars since 1942, in the
ment, who succeeded Prof.
biennial editions of Who's
Levin as head of the depart-
Who in World Jewry, Jews
ment, will be the toastmaster
in the World of Science and
at the dinner on May 27. Ad-
the Universal Jewish Ency-
clopedia.
dresses will be delivered by
His published pamphlets and Dr. Clarence Hilberry, presi-
An institute for program plan- organizational nrovram, and has
ners of organizations affiliated been scheduled in response to
with the Jewish Community many requests for assistance in
Council will be held at 8 p.m., the development of interesting
June 4, at the Sholem Aleichem and significant programs.
dent of the university, and Institute, announces Hubert Sid-
Sidlow explained that because
Dean Victor Rapport.
low, chairman of the institute. of the lack of space and the
Faculty members and their
The institute will feature spe- "special character of the insti-
wives are invited to participate cialists in various fields relat- tute," each organization is being
in this affair. Reservations may ing to the preparation of good limited to two representatives.
be made through the economics
For further information, call
department of Wayne State Uni-
the Council office, WO. 2-6710.
Israeli
Youth
Wins
First
versity, TEmple 3-1400, Ext.
Prize in Music Contest
266.
PEACE OF MIND
Professors Mark Kahn and
WASHINGTON (JTA) —
Bernard Goodman, of the eco- Shmuel Ashkenasi, a 17-year-
nomics department, are in old Israeli violinist, won first
Maurice
charge of arrangements for the prize in the international Mer-
dinner on behalf of the faculty. riweather Post Contest spon-
A.
As a mark of honor and sored by the National Sym-
in recognition of Prof. Le-
phony Orchestra here. He com-
Betman
vin's lifetime of services to
peted
against
353
other
con-
the university, the Samuel'
The Northwestern Mutual
M. Levin Economics Award testants. The first prize con-
Life Insurance Co.
is being set up, to be con- sists of a 52,000 cash award
1164 Penobscot Bldg.
ferred annually upon a dis- and a guest appearance with
WO 3-8880
tinguished student selected the National Symphony in full
Always the Best for the Least
by the W SU economics de-
— for Life
partment for outstanding concert in Constitution Hall.
achievements. Those desiring
to join in honoring Prof.
Levin are asked to send
their gifts towards this fund
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occasion.
State University, 607 Stu-
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Near Seven Mile Road
tor; and 12 grandchildren.
Contests to Mark Yearly Book Fair
Announcement has bee n
made of the seventh annual
Jewish Book Fair poster and
literary contests which open
Sept. 8 and close Oct. 24.
Eligible for the poster con-
test are Jewish boys and girls
in the following age groups;
(1) elementary, 10 or under;
(2) intermediate, 11 through 14
years; (3) advanced, 15 through
18 years.
Posters may be on any sub-
ject consistent with the pur-
poses of the Book Fair.
Prizes from the Delia 'mer-
man Meyers Memorial Fund
will be provided in each age
category. There will be awards
of first, second and five third
place prizes.
Council Slates Program Session
The literary contest is open
to youths from 11 to 18. Di-
vided in two sections, 11
through 14 years (intermediate)
and 15 through 18 years, (ad-
vanced), entrants may submit
poems, essays, compositions or
boo.k reviews.
Each entry must deal with
or be inspired by a book of
Jewish interest by a Jewish
author. First, second and five
third piece prizes will be
awarded in each age group.
Contest rules and entry
blanks may be obtained immed-
iately from any Jewish school
or synagogue or by writing or
phoning the Book Fair Office,
Jewish Community Center, 9999
Broadstreet, Detroit 4, WE.
3-7380.
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