Hidden Bibliographic Details
| Varying Form of Title: | Levi administration records
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| Notes: | Series I, III and IV are open for research, with no restrictions. Series II: Appointments and Budgets, is restricted until 2025.
Edward Hirsch Levi (1911-2000) received his entire education within the University of Chicago system. As a boy, he attended the Laboratory School, before enrolling in the College and the Law School. Upon earning his law degree in 1935, he was appointed as an Assistant Professor in the Law School. Throughout the 1940s, Levi worked in Washington, D.C. for the U.S. Justice Department, specializing in antitrust law and atomic energy control. In 1950, Robert Maynard Hutchins named Levi to the Deanship of the University of Chicago Law School. When George W. Beadle became President of the University in 1961, he named Levi as Provost. Levi succeeded Beadle as President of the University in 1968, taking office in a politically-charged atmosphere immediately following the student riots that accompanied the 1968 Democratic National Convention. After the Watergate scandal, Levi was appointed United States Attorney General by President Gerald Ford. After earning Senate confirmation, Levi resigned as President of the University in 1975. As Attorney General, he imposed significant limits on the power of the FBI to use secret evidence-gathering techniques. In 1977, Levi returned to the University as a Professor of Law, and he remained active as a lecturer through the 1980s.
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| Summary: | Collected here are records of the University of Chicago Office of the President, covering the administration of Edward H. Levi, who served as President of the University of Chicago from 1968-1975. Included are administrative records such as correspondence, reports, publications, budgets and personnel material.
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| Cite as: | When quoting material from this collection, the preferred citation is: University of Chicago. Office of the President. Levi Administration. Records, [Box #, Folder #], Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library.
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| Cumulative Index / Finding Aids Note: | Finding aid available in the Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library, 1100 E. 57th St., Chicago, IL 60637.
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