Levin Family of Trenton
Samuel Levin and his wife, Mary Lidsky, brought up four
sons...Louis, Josh, Max and Henry.
Dr. Louis Levin married Marion
Anderson and had two sons, Jonas A. Levin and Robert B. Levin.
Graduating from Jefferson University
Medical School 1919 (when Jews were restricted entry) and pursued further
studies at the University of Pennsylvania Medical Graduate School
A Leading cardiologist, Louis served
an internship at Western PA Hospital (Pittsburgh) He treated at St. Francis Hospital.
He also served NJ Trenton State Prison
He was honored as a Fellow of
the American Medical Heart Assn.
He authored “Living Along with
Heart Disease (1935) and contributed numerous articles in professional
journals.
Jonas ("Jo") A. Levin, World War H, and D-Day Omaha Beach veteran,
was Trenton-born (December 21,1921) H he graduated Trenton High School ('39)
and Lafayette College ('43). He then attended US Naval Reserve Midshipman
School at Columbia
In 1843, the Navy commissioned
him as an Ensign (later promoted to Lt. (JG) in 1945). He trained as commanding
officer of LCT (Landing Craft Tank) at Solomon Island, MD and Little Creek, VA.
He served as a commanding officer on a LCT on D-Day, making five landings at
Omaha Beach.
He also served in the Pacific
theater, cruising dozens of island and atolls from the Solomon to Okinawa in
preparation for the invasion of Japan as commander of a LST (Landing Ship
Tank).
the local Coast Guard Auxiliary
recruited him as public education officer. During his years with Flotilla 609
he was finance officer, supply officer, electronic officer, recruiting
officer, vice commander (5 years) and commander (5) years
Following his years of
military service, he was owned and managed Edwards' Apparel, Inc., a family
clothing store, in Kendall Park, for 17 years. After closing the store, he went
into real estate; 10 years in residential followed by 14 years in commercial
with Weidel Commercial in Pennington.). Josh was also manager of Cafe Society
in NYC.
Robert Levin (Bob) had two children and one granddaughter. Born in 1925 in Trenton, he was the
son of the late Dr. and Mrs. Louis Levin also of Trenton, New Jersey. He
married Joyce (Greenberg) in 1954.
He attended Lehigh University
before entering the US Seabees in 1943 during World War II. While at Lehigh he
was a member of Pi Lambda Phi fraternity. His war service took him for 21
months to the Pacific Theatre from New Hebrides to Okinawa. On Manus Island in
the Admiralty Islands he received the Bronze Star. Upon his discharge in 1946
he continued his college education at Upsala College, graduating in 1949 with a
BA degree in Business and Psychology.
In 1949, he began work at
Henry Clay and Bock, manufacturers of cigars in Trenton, N.J., (long a
subsidiary of The American Tobacco Co. The company changed to Cuban Cigar Co.,
American Cigar and finally American Tobacco. Currently the corporation is now a
part of the British Tobacco Co, Brown Williams, Co. He rose to Plata Superintendent
and was responsible for its total operation; upon its closing worked out of
American Tobacco's headquarters located in New York
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| Robert Levin Family |
Eventually became plant
manager. He was responsible for manufacturing plants in Charleston, South Carolina, Owensboro,
Kentucky and Mountaintop, Pennsylvania.
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| Max Levin, Age 21 |
Max Levin owned Eton Men’s Wear.
Married Katherine Klempner (sister of Lester Klempner). He married into the Klempner family: three brothers:
Paul, Lester and Harry. Dr. Paul Klempner, named for a wing of a TB hospital,
tragically was murdered along with the wife, Estelle Abramson.
Max Levin, Age 21
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| Katherine and Max Levin |
Max’s son, Dan also became active
in the theater.
Son Daniel
Levin a.k.a. Peter – Actor, Director, Producer. Played in Diary of
Anne Frank. Graduating Trenton High in 1950, he interned at the Westport
Theater (Bucks County Playhouse); to tells La Jolla, CA.
Dan Levin 1990
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| Dan Levin |
Peter's professional career began as an actor. He was trained at
Carnegie Tech (now Carnegie Mellon) and in London on a Fulbright Scholarship.
After a stint in the US Army, he made his Broadway debut in 1955 in the
original production of "The Diary of Anne Frank". He later appeared
in regional theater, summer stock and Shakespearean Repertory in plays by
Chekhov, Shaw, Ibsen, Odets, Pinter, O'Neill, Osborne and of course,
Shakespeare.
He began directing at Hardware
Poets Playhouse, (he partnered ownership), one of the earliest off-off-Broadway
loft theaters (1962-1966), producing more than 40 new plays by poets including
Bloedow, Susan Sherman, Ruth Kraus, Robert Nichols, Ted Enslin and Joel
Oppenheimer. He partnered Audrey Davis Levin (wife, who was an actress and
later a writer of TV movies) and Jerry Bloedow, a poet.
He also directed works by Shakespeare, Shaw, Miller, Stoppard,
Chekhov, George Kelly, and Dennis Potter.
Levin has directed dozens of episodes of television series
including "Lou Grant", "Call to Glory", "Law &
Order", "Chicago Hope", "Midnight Caller", and
"Judging Amy". He also directed three dozen movies for television
including "Homeless to Harvard", "Overkill", "Little
Girl Fly Away", "The Marva Collins Story", "Sworn to
Silence", "And Never Let Her Go", "Popeye Doyle",
"Houston: The Legend of Texas" and "In the Name of The
People".
As Broadway actor, Dan appeared in Broadway actor. Appeared in Diary of
Anne Frank and played the part of Peter in Peter Pan, East of
Eden (2012)
He taught seminars at NYU, USC, Carnegie Mellon, Smith College and
AFI. He taught acting and directing for a semester at The Guildhall School in
London. (http://danmurano.com/poetry/peter-dan-levin#1)
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| Henry Levin |
Henry Levin - Hollywood Director
Josh Levin had three children and one
granddaughter.
