Lowell Levant

Lowell A. Levant 65, passed away peacefully on October 10, 2010, after a brief illness. Born in St. Paul, MN, he graduated from Fairfax High School in Los Angeles and attended the University of California, Berkeley. Lowell was a participant in the Free Speech Movement and a conscientious objector during the Vietnam War who did alternate service. He had the twin vocations of poet and truck driver. Lowell was a compassionate and generous person who deeply touched the lives of others. He is survived by his brother, Ronald, sister-in-law, Carol Slatter, niece, Caren, great nephews Adrian and Jeremy Shanker, uncle and aunt, Arwin and Merle Gould, uncle, Allen Adler, and many cousins, members of the extended family and friends. A memorial service to celebrate Lowell's life will be held on Saturday, October 30, 2010. Reception at 1pm, service at 2pm, at the University of California, Berkeley, Alumni Hall. In lieu of flowers or fruit baskets, please consider making a gift in Lowell's memory to the charity of your choice or The Noontime Poetry Series Fund, http://lunchpoems.berkeley.edu/