Levine, I(srael) E. 1923-2003
LEVINE, I(srael) E. 1923-2003
OBITUARY NOTICE—See index for CA sketch: Born August 30, 1923, in New York, NY; died of complications following vascular surgery May 10, 2003, in Queens, NY. Publicist and author. Levine was a former director of public affairs at City College of the City University of New York, and he also wrote books for young readers. After serving in the U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II and being decorated with an Air Medal, he graduated from City College in 1946 with a B.S.S. He then joined the staff at his alma mater as a publicity assistant, moving up to director of public relations from 1954 to 1977 and assistant to the president from 1964 to 1966. He left city college to edit Health Care Week for two years, followed by two more years as an editor for William H. White Publications. From 1981 to 1987 Levine was the director of communications for the American Jewish Congress. He then became chief operating officer for Richard Cohen Associates, where he remained until 1999. The next year he formed his own company, I. E. Levine Public Relations. Besides his work in public relations, Levine authored over a dozen nonfiction books for young readers, many of which are biographies, including Conqueror of Smallpox: Dr. Edward Jenner (1960), Inventive Wizard: George Westinghouse (1962), Young Man in the White House: John Fitzgerald Kennedy (1964), and The Many Faces of Slavery (1975).
OBITUARIES AND OTHER SOURCES:
BOOKS
Writers Directory, 18th edition, St. James Press (Detroit, MI), 2003.
PERIODICALS
New York Times, May 18, 2003, p. A33.