Levy, David W(illiam) 1937-

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LEVY, David W(illiam) 1937-

PERSONAL: Born May 6, 1937, in Chicago, IL; son of Roy A. (a newspaperman) and Helen (Loeffler) Levy; married Lynne Hunt, September 7, 1969; children: Beth Ellen, Benjamin Robert. Education: University of Illinois, B.A., 1959; University of Chicago, M.A., 1961; University of Wisconsin, Ph.D., 1967. Politics: Democrat. Religion: Jewish.

ADDRESSES: Home—914 Hoover St., Norman, OK 73072. Offıce—Department of History, University of Oklahoma, 455 West Lindsey, Norman, OK 73019. E-mail—dwlevy@ou.edu.

CAREER: Ohio State University, Columbus, instructor in history, 1964-67; University of Oklahoma, Norman, assistant professor, 1967-71, associate professor of history, 1971-84, professor of history, 1984—, David Ross Boyd Professor, 1987, Sam K. Viersen Presidential Professor, 1999.

MEMBER: Organization of American Historians, American Studies Association, Phi Alpha Theta, Phi Beta Kappa.

AWARDS, HONORS: Danforth teaching associate, 1971; grants from National Endowment for the Humanities, 1967, 1984-87, and National Historic Publications Commission, 2002; Rockefeller Foundation Humanities fellow, 1980-81.

WRITINGS:

(Editor, with Melvin I. Urofsky) The Letters of Louis D. Brandeis, State University of New York Press (Albany, NY), Volume 1, 1971, Volume 2, 1972, Volume 3, 1973, Volume 4, 1975, Volume 5, 1978.

Herbert Croly of the New Republic: The Life and Thought of an American Progressive, Princeton University Press (Princeton, NJ), 1985.

The Debate over Vietnam, Johns Hopkins University Press (Baltimore, MD), 1991, second edition, 1995.

(Editor, with Melvin I. Urofsky) "Half Brother, Half Son": The Letters of Louis D. Brandeis to Felix Frankfurter, University of Oklahoma Press (Norman, OK), 1991.

(Editor, with Russell D. Buhite) FDR's Fireside Chats, University of Oklahoma Press (Norman, OK), 1992.

(Editor and author of introduction) William Dean Howells, A Traveler from Altruria, Bedford Books of St. Martin's Press (Boston, MA), 1996.

(Selector, editor, and author of introduction, with Everett C. Albers and D. Jerome Tweton) Behold Our New Century: Early 20th Century Visions of America: A Reader from the Great Plains Chautauqua Society, Inc., The Society (Bismarck, ND), 1998.

(Editor, with Melvin I. Urofsky) Louis D. Brandeis, The Family Letters of Louis D. Brandeis, University of Oklahoma Press (Norman, OK), 2002.

The University of Oklahoma: A History: Volume 1: 1890-1920, University of Oklahoma Press (Norman, OK), 2003.

Contributor of articles and reviews to professional journals, including Phylon, Journal of Thought, New Republic, Oklahoma Law Review, Wisconsin Magazine of History, Mid-America, Yale Review, Sooner, and Indiana Magazine of History.

WORK IN PROGRESS: Volumes 2 and 3 of The University of Oklahoma: A History; a book on the Supreme Court and the racial integration of higher education in the South.

SIDELIGHTS: Professor of history David W. Levy has made significant contributions to American intellectual and constitutional history with works on topics ranging from the letters of Supreme Court justice Louis D. Brandeis and the fireside chats of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, to the political debate over Vietnam, and the history of the University of Oklahoma. Levy's volumes on the letters of progressive reformer and U.S. Supreme Court justice Louis D. Brandeis have encompassed Brandeis's professional correspondence as well as his personal family letters. Library Journal contributor Milton Cantor wrote of "Half Brother, Half Son": The Letters of Louis D. Brandeis to Felix Frankfurter, "To read them is to be lost in a newsreel archive with American makers and shakers."

With Russell D. Buhite, Levy coedited FDR's Fireside Chats, which represents the first collection of Roosevelt's spoken words, instead of the final written drafts of the thirty-one fireside chats. Levy and Buhite added brief contextual essays to introduce each radio program. In The Debate over Vietnam, Levy examines the fierce debates which consumed the nation over the propriety, necessity, and morality of the Vietnam War.

BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL SOURCES:

PERIODICALS

American Historical Review, February, 1986, review of Herbert Croly of the New Republic: The Life and Thought of an American Progressive, p. 203.

Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, May, 1986, review of Herbert Croly of the New Republic, p. 191.

Booklist, February 1, 1992, Mary Carroll, review of FDR's Fireside Chats, p. 1006.

Book World, May 12, 1985, review of Herbert Croly of the New Republic, p. 7.

Choice, July, 1985, review of Herbert Croly of the New Republic, p. 1691; October, 1991, review of The Debate over Vietnam, p. 353.

History Today, July, 1992, review of The Debate over Vietnam, p. 54.

Journalism Quarterly, spring, 1986, review of Herbert Croly of the New Republic, p. 194.

Journal of American History, December, 1985, review of Herbert Croly of the New Republic, p. 715; December, 1992, review of The Debate over Vietnam, p. 1253.

Kirkus Reviews, March 15, 1985, review of Herbert Croly of the New Republic, p. 269.

Library Journal, April 1, 1985, review of Herbert Croly of the New Republic, p. 138; March 1, 1991, Milton Cantor, review of "Half Brother, Half Son": The Letters of Louis D. Brandeis to Felix Frankfurter, p. 97.

Nation, November 16, 1985, review of Herbert Croly of the New Republic, p. 512.

National Review, March 22, 1985, review of Herbert Croly of the New Republic, p. 48.

New York Times, May 24, 1985, review of Herbert Croly of the New Republic, p. 20.

New York Times Book Review, July 14, 1985, review of Herbert Croly of the New Republic, p. 13.

Publishers Weekly, February 8, 1985, review of Herbert Croly of the New Republic, p. 66.

Reviews in American History, June, 1986, review of Herbert Croly of the New Republic, p. 169; September, 1992, review of The Debate over Vietnam, p. 421.

Times Literary Supplement, February 21, 1986, review of Herbert Croly of the New Republic, p. 182.

Virginia Quarterly Review, winter, 1992, review of The Debate over Vietnam, p. 54.