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Gwynne B. Evans, Cabot Professor of English Literature, called Levin a "polyglot," with an unusually broad range of academic interests...
Walter Jackson Bate'39, University Professor, concurred, saying one of Levin's main contributions was to appoint professors with "breadth and range" and "a broad sweep in the humanities...
Outside opportunities kept him from being "narrowly anchored to Harvard," Levin said, adding, "I never made up my mind...
Guillen also called Levin "a continuing force at Harvard" during his time here and an important force in the growth of comparative literature...
After World War II Levin played a major role in reestablishing Harvard's Comparative Literature department, which had become all but defunct during the war. Named chairman for the first time in 1946, he has chaired the department for more than 15 years at different times. He was also involved in forming both General Education and the Core Curriculum...