Levy named Maxwell C. Weiner Professor of Humanities

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On January 11, 2010

Dr. David W. Levy, the David Ross Boyd Professor of American History at the University of Oklahoma, has been named the 2010 Maxwell C. Weiner Distinguished Professor of Humanities at Missouri University of Science and Technology.


A specialist in intellectual history, Levy has authored books on Herbert Croly, editor of the influential Progressive-era magazine The New Republic; the debate over the Vietnam War; and a recently completed biography of Mark Twain. He is also the editor and co-editor of several books, including a multi-volume work on the letters of Supreme Court Justice Louis D. Brandeis and President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s fireside chats, which he co-edited with Missouri S&T historian Russell Buhite. He is currently working on the second volume of the history of the University of Oklahoma.

The University of Oklahoma named Levy the Sam K. Viersen Presidential Professor in 1999 and the Irene and Julian Rothbaum Professor of Modern American History in 2003.

Levy received both the Regents’ Award for Superior Teaching and the Student Association’s Award for the Outstanding Teacher at the University of Oklahoma. While at Missouri S&T, Levy will teach a history course titled Mark Twain’s America.

After earning his doctorate from the University of Wisconsin, Levy taught at Ohio State University for three years. Since that time he has served on the faculty of the University of Oklahoma.

Missouri S&T’s Maxwell C. Weiner Distinguished Professorship in Humanities, established by an estate gift to the university in 1999, is rotated among the arts, languages and philosophy department, the English and technical communication department, and the history and political science department.
Weiner was a graduate of Missouri S&T when it was the Missouri School of Mines and Metallurgy. He also studied at the University of Hawaii and at Washington University in St. Louis. He retired from Westinghouse Electric Corp.

Previous Maxwell C. Weiner Distinguished Professors include Dr. Gilberto Perez, who served in the English and technical communication department from 2000 to 2001; Dr. Charles Alexander, who served in the history and political science department in 2002; Dr. Caroline Whitbeck, who served in the arts, languages and philosophy department in 2003; Dr. Anne Goodwyn-Jones, who served in the English and technical communication department in 2004; Dr. H. Roger Grant, who served in the history and political science department in 2005; Dr. Wade Robison, who served in the arts, languages and philosophy department in 2006; Dr. Dillon Johnston, who served in the English and technical communication department in 2007; and Dr. James N. Giglio, who served in the history and political science department in 2008.

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