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Robert Levinson

Robert Levinson, Green Book image Name: Robert Levinson
Class: 1946
Military Unit: US Navy, V-12

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"I think if I have to make an observation about being there [at Dartmouth] … I would never have been there if it wasn't for the Navy. But I probably would not have met the type of people that I met who'd never have been there without the Navy. So there were Blacks. There were no Blacks at Dartmouth that I knew about prior to, and people from the Midwest and other areas who got there the same way I got there…. coming from different religious backgrounds, economic circumstances and so it was an interesting mix to … It was really America. You don’t always get that opportunity unless you have a big scholarship program."

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