Levine, I. Oscar (Levine, Isadore Oscar), 1907-2000
Biographical Note
I. Oscar Levine practiced law in Hartford for 57 years, spending most of those years in a general practice partnership with Melvin S. Katz. Levine was committed to a variety of civic, charitable and religious organizations. The positions he held included president of Emanuel Synagogue; a founder and later chairman of the Hartford Jewish Federation; a founder and later chairman of the Hartford Chapter of the National Conference of Christians and Jews; a founder of National Refugee Service, which assisted the escape of refugees from the Nazis and their resettlement in America; and a founder and later president of the Hartford Jewish Community Council.
Born in Hartford, he was a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Yale College in 1928 and honor graduate of Yale Law School in 1930. He also was editor of the Yale Law Review.
"I. Oscar Levine; Lawyer, Leader" Hartford Courant, https://www.courant.com/news/connecticut/hc-xpm-2000-01-04-0001040301-story.html. Accessed 7 January 2021.
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Kessler, Irving*, 1975 - 2010
Kessler, Irving_2003, Oral History, July 28, 2003
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