Henry E. Levinson *76

Henry Levinson, professor of religious studies at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG) since 1982, died Jan. 4, 2010, of complications from multiple sclerosis. He was 61.

Levinson graduated from Stanford in 1970, and received a Ph.D. in religion from Princeton in 1976. Before coming to UNCG, he taught at Stanford and Harvard. At UNCG, he was associate dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, chairman of the Department of Religious Studies, and director of the Center for Critical Inquiry in the Liberal Arts. Levinson authored three books and many articles.

He was the Malcolm L. Diamond Memorial Lecturer at Princeton in 2002 and the William James Lecturer at Harvard in 2001. UNCG honored him in 2009 with HENRYFEST, featuring a conference celebrating his influence as a scholar/teacher, his impact on the study of religion in a democratic society, and his contributions to Jewish philosophy.

Levinson is survived by his wife, Catherine; two daughters; two grandchildren, and his father, Joseph.

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