Born on March 21, 1949, Wendy was the
daughter of Jewel Stein and Philip Levins. Jewel’s mother Ethel was especially
delighted with the new arrival, lavishing time and attention on her, playing
with her and reading to her. Wendy graduated from PS 214, Edward Bleeker Junior
High School, and Flushing High School. Her brilliance showed up early: she
skipped third
grade in elementary school and joined a special enriched music class in junior
high. Sadly, her mother Jewel died of breast cancer when Wendy was only
fourteen years old. After this great loss, Wendy took care of her father and
continued to apply herself to her studies. She received a scholarship to attend
Vassar College, from which she graduated in 1971 with a BA in Philosophy.
Wendy's commitment to Vassar . . .
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| From Ann Agranoff Tuesday, October 28, 2008 3:28 PM
A Poem for Wendy by Pam McGuire (Vassar ’69) October 2008 You sit on my dorm room floor Thick, dark hair falling across your face. Barefoot, bathrobe askew You parse the impenetrable Greek poem. I watch, in awe of your mind Sharp, glinting, darting about Alighting on a word, a phrase ... |
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Perry A. Liberty, Associate Director of Donor Relations, Vassar College Office of Development, 124 Raymond Avenue – Box 14, Poughkeepsie, New York 12604-0014
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Dear friends, It’s with great sadness that I write to advise you that we lost our dear friend Wendy Levins on September 23. As you know, Wendy had suffered greatly over the past two years from the onset of Progressive Supranuclear Palsy, and all of us were inspired by the great humanity, grace and courage that Wendy exhibited under extremely daunting . . .
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November 10, 2008
IN TODAY’S SPECIALIZED WORLD WHERE SOME BASEBALL TEAMS EMPLOY A RELIEF PITCHER TO PITCH TO ONE BATTER OR WHERE STOCK . . .
November 07, 2008
Yesterday, Thursday Nov. 6, 2008, we held a splendid memorial for Wendy at the Estonian House in Manhattan. Nora O'Connor . . .
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