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Joseph M. Levine, Distinguished Professor of History at Syracuse University, died after several months of ill health, working on his most recent project. Educated at Cornell, Joe received his M. A. and Ph.D. at Columbia University. He taught at Queens College of the City University of New York, Columbia University, Rutgers University, University of Pennsylvania, and finally Syracuse University, where he rose to full and then distinguished professor and chair (1995-97). In the early 1960s he took time out to form the "Ellis Island Committee" whose purpose was to found a new university, which gathered considerable support, including that of Eleanor Roosevelt, before the U. S. Government withdrew its backing. On the committee were a number of younger scholars, including Joe's wife-to-be Dee Dee, Leonard Leeb,...