Robert Jules Levit

Bob served his country well in the Second World War as a Navy cryptographer, and was awarded the Legion of Merit. He fought two enemies--fascism and anti-Semitism which greatly affected Jewish service men and women, despite their acknowledged contributions and sacrifice.
My memories of him are as someone who was not the least bit arrogant, despite his accomplishments and intellectual ability as a mathematician.
He and my mother, Olga were the best of relatives and friends.
My...

Dr. Art Levit.

I'm Frank Sheehan, acting as a substitute messenger. A former student of mine and your Dad's heard of his death and sent a letter to me to forward to your family. Knowing that you have been in contact with Newman Fisher, another colleague of ours, I contacted him to do the honor. Unfortunately, Newman has just returned from France and is busy with jet lag and other bits of business, so he gave me your address and the privilege of sending the message on to you.

If you are in contact with Professor Levit's family (or there is an appropriate person in the math department who should receive this message), please pass this message along to them.

Professor Levit was important to me during my two years of study at San Francisco State College (1962-1964). Itook his numerical analysis course (Milne's book was the text book) and the course's computer project introduced me to the IBM 1620 in the computer center. I also, in effect, worked for...

100 Bay Place, Apt. 1902 Oakland, Ca 94610
September 21. 2006

Dear Frank,

Thanks for your letter with the latest about Stan Mazor. To fill in some details you may or may not be familiar with, in 1961 S.F. State acquired an IBM1620 electronic computer. It took up a whole room and had a gigantic memory of 2000 decimal digits, later enlarged to 4000! Because of my experience with IBM I was put in charge. My student assistant was Sagherian. I don’t...

Granda you will be missed.

Grandpa you will be missed, your legacy has just begun.

Dad, I never stopped learning from you, and you never stopped surprising me. You helped me to see and understand my opportunities without trying to push me down any particular path. thanks for everything you gave me. You'll always be with me.