David N. Levinson was a real estate businessman and a former politician from Delaware.
Levinson attended St. Andrew’s School in Delaware for high school He then attended Harvard for both his undergraduate and law school educations.[2] and received both his undergraduate and law degrees from Harvard University.
Levinson was the Insurance Commissioner of Delaware, elected in 1984, and re-elected in 1988. He was appointed by President George H. W. Bush to the federal supplemental health insurance panel. In 1992, he was appointed an official advisor to the Russian Duma. Levnson was an associate commissioner of the Anti Defamation League, and was a member of the Board of Governors of the Middle East Forum, a think tank. Levinson was the developer of Anderson Creek Club, a 4,000-home planned community, and the founder and chairman of the board of directors of Anderson Creek Academy, a charter elementary school. Until his death, he was married to Marilyn W. Levinson, Esq. and has one son, Micah N. Levinson, Ph.D. In 1981, President Jimmy Carter appointed Levinson to his Council for Energy Efficiency.[1] In 1982, he ran for Senate in Delaware but lost.
Levinson died on January 14, 2019, in his home in Anderson Creek, North Carolina.
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David Levinson
Fayetteville, NC – Age 83, passed away peacefully at his home in North Carolina on January 14, 2019.
David was born in Middletown, DE, the son of the late Louis Levinson and Roslyn Cohen Levinson. He was educated at St. Andrews School in Middletown, DE, Harvard College, and Harvard Law School. After graduating from law school, he began his career as a real estate developer.
A residential real estate developer for 58 years, Mr. Levinson built $200 million worth of low and moderate cost homes, apartments, and condominiums. The crown jewel of his career was Anderson Creek Club, a luxury, gated community in Spring Lake, NC containing over 20 neighborhoods and a Davis Love III golf course. To improve the quality of education in Spring Lake, Mr. Levinson founded Anderson Creek Academy, a K-5 charter school. In recognition of his contributions to North Carolina, Governor Roy Cooper conferred upon him the Order of the Long Leaf Pine, the state’s highest civilian honor.
Mr. Levinson was committed to community service throughout his life. He served on the North Carolina Insurance Commissioner’s Life and Health Advisory Board, was director of the Blood Bank of Delaware, and partnered with the Pearl Buck Foundation in establishing a program facilitating Americans adopting Russian children. His commitment to community service was matched by his devotion to Jewish causes, serving as the director of the Jewish Federation of St. Louis and later of the Jewish Federation of Delaware. He was also chairman of the Foreign Policy Committee of the Anti-Defamation League’s National Leadership Advisory Committee.
A commitment to service drew him into politics. President Carter appointed Mr. Levinson to his Council for Energy Efficiency while Presidents Ronald Regan and George H. W. Bush appointed him to serve on the Federal Supplemental Health Insurance Panel. After unsuccessfully running in 1982 as the Democratic candidate for the U. S. Senate in Delaware, Mr. Levinson was elected Delaware Insurance Commissioner in 1984 and re-elected in 1988. In that office, he wrote initial drafts of the insurance codes for Russia, Latvia, Estonia, Ukraine, and Romania as the Soviet Union collapsed.
In his final illness, Mr. Levinson was under the loving care of Mrs. Brenda Bethea.
Preceded in death by his parents and father-in-law, Marvin Wallach; he is survived by his beloved wife of 38 years, Marilyn Wallach Levinson; his adoring son, Micah Nathanial Levinson; brother-in-law, Marc (Danilee) Wallach; his three nephews, Max, Sam, and Jake Wallach; and his mother-in-law, Mildred Yanow Wallach.
Interment will be private. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests contributions to the American Cancer Society (www.cancer.org).
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