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...such a change occurs, says psychologist Robert Levenson, also at U.C. Berkeley, it may be shaped in part by evolutionary forces, offering advantages for the whole species. Human beings' comparatively long life spans and extended families are very good things, but keeping big broods healthy and well behaved over the decades takes more than the energy of young parents. It takes the cool heads and wise counsel of the family graybeards too. "Evolution isn't just about reproduction," Levenson says. "When you get into your 40s and 50s, you're caretaking, looking after your children, grandchildren, even the people...
...break,” said Ryan D. Hughes ’06, who is taking Economics 1035. “Although it’s a lot of work now, I think it will be worth it to have the winter break free.” Alexander N. Chase-Levenson ’08, an English 10a student whose final paper for that class is due the Monday before break, agrees. “It’s a definite relief not to have to think about it over break or reading period,” he said. For some...
...Levenson retired to Vermont. As a hobby, he began sketching scenes of concerts at nearby Dartmouth College. An art professor saw his work and offered him a show. He was also volunteering at Dartmouth-Hitchcock's cancer center doing advertising and layout when, in 1990, he noticed spacious, empty walls in the oncology department and made his move...
Despite painfully arthritic knees that sometimes require him to use a cane, the 6-ft. 3-in. Levenson remains a vigorous figure. His only explanation for his longevity is that "it all adds up: exercise, enthusiasm and loving what I'm doing. Every minute is a joy." His life is a blur of activity. He lives alone in his white, Cape Cod--style house, where he often cooks for friends or lifts light weights. His paintings hang everywhere, including around bookcases and over the wood stove. Hundreds of sketches are stacked up in his studio, a converted bedroom. "You haven...
...working on one mural, I make sketches for the next and think about the third," he says. "I'm like a theater stock company that does one play a week, rehearsing next week's play and reading the play for the week after!" For performing his repertory so brilliantly, Levenson wins unstinting applause and rave reviews...